PHP | ReflectionProperty isPrivate() Function Last Updated : 30 Dec, 2019 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report The ReflectionProperty::isPrivate() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return TRUE if the specified property is private, FALSE otherwise. Syntax: bool ReflectionProperty::isPrivate ( void ) Parameters: This function does not accept any parameter. Return Value: This function returns TRUE if the specified property is private, FALSE otherwise. Below programs illustrate the ReflectionProperty::isPrivate() function in PHP: Program 1: php <?php // Initializing a user-defined class Company class Company { private $SizeOfGeeksforGeeks = 13; public $SizeOfGFG = 3; } // Using ReflectionProperty $A = new ReflectionProperty('Company', 'SizeOfGeeksforGeeks'); $B = new ReflectionProperty('Company', 'SizeOfGFG'); // Calling the isPrivate() function $C = $A->isPrivate(); $D = $B->isPrivate(); // Getting TRUE if the specified property // is private, FALSE otherwise. var_dump($C); var_dump($D); ?> Output: bool(true) bool(false) Program 2: php <?php // Initializing some user-defined classes class Department1 { protected $SizeOfHR; } class Department2 { public $SizeOfCoding = 6; } class Department3 { private $SizeOfMarketing = 9; } // Using ReflectionProperty over above classes $A = new ReflectionProperty('Department1', 'SizeOfHR'); $B = new ReflectionProperty('Department2', 'SizeOfCoding'); $C = new ReflectionProperty('Department3', 'SizeOfMarketing'); // Calling the isPrivate() function and // getting TRUE if the specified property // is private, FALSE otherwise. var_dump($A->isPrivate()); var_dump($B->isPrivate()); var_dump($C->isPrivate()); ?> Output: bool(false) bool(false) bool(true) Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/reflectionproperty.isprivate.php Create Quiz Comment K Kanchan_Ray Follow 0 Improve K Kanchan_Ray Follow 0 Improve Article Tags : Web Technologies PHP PHP-function PHP- Reflection Explore BasicsPHP Syntax4 min readPHP Variables5 min readPHP | Functions6 min readPHP Loops4 min readArrayPHP Arrays5 min readPHP Associative Arrays4 min readMultidimensional arrays in PHP5 min readSorting Arrays in PHP4 min readOOPs & InterfacesPHP Classes2 min readPHP | Constructors and Destructors5 min readPHP Access Modifiers4 min readMultiple Inheritance in PHP4 min readMySQL DatabasePHP | MySQL Database Introduction4 min readPHP Database connection2 min readPHP | MySQL ( Creating Database )3 min readPHP | MySQL ( Creating Table )3 min readPHP AdvancePHP Superglobals6 min readPHP | Regular Expressions12 min readPHP Form Handling4 min readPHP File Handling4 min readPHP | Uploading File3 min readPHP Cookies9 min readPHP | Sessions7 min read Like