get_class -- Returns the name of the class of an object
Description
string get_class ( [object obj] )
This function returns the name of the class of which the
object obj is an instance. Returns
FALSE if obj is not an object.
Note:
A class defined in a PHP extension is returned in its original notation.
In PHP 4 get_class() returns a user defined class
name in lowercase, but in PHP 5 it will return the class name in it's
original notation too, just like class names from PHP extensions.
Note:
Since PHP 5, obj is optional if called from the
object's method.
Example 1. Using get_class()
<?php
class foo { function foo() { // implements some logic }
function name() { echo "My name is " , get_class($this) , "\n"; } }
// create an object $bar = new foo();
// external call echo "Its name is " , get_class($bar) , "\n";
