(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ReflectionMethod::getDeclaringClass — Gets declaring class for the reflected method
Gets the declaring class for the reflected method.
This function has no parameters.
A ReflectionClass object of the class that the reflected method is part of.
Example #1 ReflectionMethod::getDeclaringClass() example
<?php
class HelloWorld {
    protected function sayHelloTo($name) {
        return 'Hello ' . $name;
    }
}
$reflectionMethod = new ReflectionMethod(new HelloWorld(), 'sayHelloTo');
var_dump($reflectionMethod->getDeclaringClass());
?>The above example will output:
object(ReflectionClass)#2 (1) {
  ["name"]=>
  string(10) "HelloWorld"
}