oop - PHP: how to get a list of classes that implement certain interface?

Question

I've got an interface

interface IModule {
    public function Install();
}

and some classes that implement this interface

class Module1 implements IModule {
    public function Install() {
        return true;
    }
}

class Module2 implements IModule {
    public function Install() {
        return true;
    }
}

...

class ModuleN implements IModule {
    public function Install() {
        return true;
    }
}

How to get a list of all classes that implement this interface? I'd like to get this list with PHP.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3993759/php-how-to-get-a-list-of-classes-that-implement-certain-interface

Answer 1

You dont need Reflection for this. You can simply use

• class_implements — Return the interfaces which are implemented by the given class

Usage

in_array('InterfaceName', class_implements('className'));

Example 1 - Echo all classes implementing the Iterator Interface

foreach (get_declared_classes() as $className) {
    if (in_array('Iterator', class_implements($className))) {
        echo $className, PHP_EOL;
    }
}

Example 2 - Return array of all classes implementing the Iterator Interface

print_r(
    array_filter(
        get_declared_classes(), 
        function ($className) {
            return in_array('Iterator', class_implements($className));
        }
    )
);

The second example requires PHP5.3 due to the callback being an anonymous function.