Detect if an object property is private in PHP

Question

I\'m trying to make a PHP (5) object that can iterate through its properties, building an SQL query based only on its public properties, not its private ones.

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Answer 1

$propertyName = 'bar';

if(in_array(propertyName, array_keys(get_class_vars(get_class($yourObject))))) {

}

Answer 2

You can easily use the Reflection API to check the visibility of properties:

$rp = new \ReflectionProperty($object, $property);
if ($rp->isPrivate) {
  // Do if the property is private
} else {
  // Do if the property is public or protected
}