Helper function to check if method overwritten in child class

[foremtehan]

Description

It would be great if we could have a method that checks whether the child class overwritten the parent class's method

https://3v4l.org/hTQWO

As you can see in the above script, The method_exists return true even the method not overwritten in the child class, Not that passing static::class, self::class and $this don't solve the problem

[nielsdos]

I'm curious, why do you need this feature? Are you looking for the Override attribute?

[iluuu1994]

There's ReflectionMethod::hasPrototype(). It indicates whether the declared method is overriding some other declaration (including interface methods). There's also getPrototype() to get the class/interface that declares it (at the top-most level). Does that suffice? This seems like a fringe case, so a little helper function should serve you well. I don't think this is common enough to justify a new function.

[foremtehan]

@iluuu1994, thank you. It works as expected. sad to see that it only works in 8.2 >=