ID: 30423 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: auroraeosrose at hotmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: * PHP Version: 5.* -Assigned To: +Assigned To: helly New Comment:
For PHP 5.0.* use get_parent_class(__CLASS__) or get_parent_class(get_class()) In HEAD i allowed to omit the classname in get_parent_class() now. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-10-14 03:23:36] auroraeosrose at hotmail dot com oops, here are the results of my little test Hello, I'm whoami 1 ! Value of __CLASS__ : test Value of get_class($this) : test Value of get_class() : test Hello, I'm whoami 1 ! Value of __CLASS__ : test Value of get_class($this) : test2 Value of get_class() : test ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-10-14 03:22:31] auroraeosrose at hotmail dot com only problem is, get_class() returns what __CLASS__ returns, the actual class your in, which is nice unless you need to know the class CALLED not the PARENT extremely simplistic view: class test { function whoami() { echo "Hello, I'm whoami 1 !\r\n"; echo "Value of __CLASS__ : ".__CLASS__."\r\n"; echo "Value of get_class(\$this) : ".get_class($this)."\r\n\r\n"; echo "Value of get_class() : ".get_class()."\r\n\r\n"; } } class test2 extends test { } $test=new test; $test->whoami(); $test2=new test2; $test2->whoami(); Now, you'll notice that get_class() is always returning the class whoami is in - test, whereas get_class($this) is returning the CHILD class, test2 - bug or feature? in any case it makes using get_class() as useless for me as __CLASS__ , I need to know the class called, not the class the function is in! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-10-13 23:09:14] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Simply use get_class() ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-10-13 20:18:43] auroraeosrose at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ When using parent - child classes you sometimes need to get the name of the child, not the parent FROM the parent class. In a regular object instance you can do get_class($this); However in static methods, you cannot. I'd really like a get_class(self); so that you can get the same functionality in a static method. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30423&edit=1