PHP Manual . ... PHP 4 >= 4.0.0) get_class_vars -- Returns an array of default properties of the class . array get_class_vars ( string class_name) . ... Example 1. get_class_vars() example . php class myclass { var $var1; // this has no default value... var $var2 = "xyz"; var $var3 = 100; // constructor function myclass() { return(true); } } $my_class = new myclass(); $class_vars = get_class_vars(get_class($my_class)); foreach ($class_vars as $name => $value) { echo "$name : $value\n"; } ?> ...