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<h1 class="refname">get_declared_classes</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">get_declared_classes</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns an array with the name of the defined classes</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>get_declared_classes</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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Gets the declared classes.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns an array of the names of the declared classes in the current
script.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
Note that depending on what extensions you have compiled or
loaded into PHP, additional classes could be present. This means that
you will not be able to define your own classes using these
names. There is a list of predefined classes in the <a href="reserved.classes.html" class="link">Predefined Classes</a> section of
the appendices.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>get_declared_classes()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />print_r</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">get_declared_classes</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
Array
(
[0] => stdClass
[1] => __PHP_Incomplete_Class
[2] => Directory
)
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.get-declared-classes-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.class-exists.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">class_exists()</a> - Checks if the class has been defined</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.get-declared-interfaces.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">get_declared_interfaces()</a> - Returns an array of all declared interfaces</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.get-defined-functions.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">get_defined_functions()</a> - Returns an array of all defined functions</span></li>
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