ReflectionClass::newInstance

(PHP 5)

ReflectionClass::newInstance — Creates a new class instance from given arguments.

public object ReflectionClass::newInstance ( mixed $args [, mixed $... ] )

Creates a new instance of the class. The given arguments are passed to the class constructor.

args: Accepts a variable number of arguments which are passed to the class constructor, much like call_user_func().

A ReflectionException if the class constructor is not public.

A ReflectionException if the class does not have a constructor and the args parameter contains one or more parameters.

ReflectionClass::newInstanceArgs() - Creates a new class instance from given arguments.
ReflectionClass::newInstanceWithoutConstructor() - Creates a new class instance without invoking the constructor.