Getting default value of property using php reflection

Question

I'm looking for a way to access the default value assignment for a property without instantiating the class.

E.g.

class Foo {
   private $bar = 'bar';
}

$reflClass = new ReflectionClass('Foo');
$reflProp = $reflClass->getProperty('bar');

Now what? If I use $reflProp->getValue() (without an object argument) it will fail.

Answer 1

You can use getDefaultProperties():

var_dump($reflClass->getDefaultProperties());