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# A PHP function to access private properties and methods

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This package offers an `invade` function that will allow you to read/write private properties of an object. It will also allow you to call private methods.

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## Installation

You can install the package via composer:

```bash
composer require spatie/invade
```

## Usage

Imagine you have this class defined which has a private property and method.

```php
class MyClass
{
    private string $privateProperty = 'private value';

    private function privateMethod(): string
    {
        return 'private return value';
    }
}

$myClass = new Myclass();
```

This is how you can get the value of the private property using the `invade` function.

```php
invade($myClass)->privateProperty; // returns 'private value'
```

The `invade` function also allows you to change private values.

```php
invade($myClass)->privateProperty = 'changed value';
invade($myClass)->privateProperty; // returns 'changed value
```

Using `invade` you can also call private functions.

```php
invade($myClass)->privateMethod(); // returns 'private return value'
```

### Making PHPStan understand Invade

PHPStan will report errors for every invaded private method and property as it is not aware that you can now access them. To remove these errors install the [PHPStan extension installer](https://github.com/phpstan/extension-installer) or add the invade PHPStan extension manually to your PHPStan configuration:

```yaml
includes:
    - ./vendor/spatie/invade/phpstan-extension.neon
```

## Testing

```bash
composer test
vendor/bin/phpstan analyse -c types/phpstan.neon.dist
```

## Changelog

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

## Contributing

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/spatie/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

## Security Vulnerabilities

Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

## Credits

- [Freek Van der Herten](https://github.com/spatie)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

And a special thanks to [Caneco](https://twitter.com/caneco) for the logo ✨

The [original idea](https://twitter.com/calebporzio/status/1492141967404371968) for the `invade` function came from [Caleb "string king" Porzio](https://twitter.com/calebporzio). We slightly polished the code that he created in [this commit on Livewire](https://github.com/livewire/livewire/pull/4649/files).

## License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.