jclaveau/php-visibility-violator

Class providing simple helpers to violate the defined visibility of methods and properties

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Package info

github.com/jclaveau/php-visibility-violator

pkg:composer/jclaveau/php-visibility-violator

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1.1.1 2026-03-04 16:30 UTC

Requires

  • php: ^8.0

Requires (Dev)

MIT 7808fe0a57ea1e573b9d89d1834c127fc4e8c3db

  • Jean Claveau

helpersreflectionvisibilityprivateprotectedpublichiddenviolate

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Last update: 2026-03-04 16:32:59 UTC

README

This class provides simple helpers uppon basic features of the Reflection API to violate the visibility of properties and methods:

  • Modify or access privates properties of classes and instances
  • Call privates or protected methods

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Installation

The Visibility Violator is available via composer

composer require jclaveau/php-visibility-violator

Usage

use JClaveau\VisibilityViolator\VisibilityViolator;

$value = VisibilityViolator::getHiddenProperty($instance, 'property');
$value = VisibilityViolator::getHiddenProperty(MyClass::class, 'static_property');

VisibilityViolator::setHiddenProperty($instance, 'property', 'new value');
VisibilityViolator::setHiddenProperty(MyClass::class, 'static_property', 'new value');

$return = VisibilityViolator::callHiddenMethod($instance, 'method', $arguments);
$return = VisibilityViolator::callHiddenMethod(MyClass::class, 'staticMethod', ['argument 1', 'argument 2']);

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