get_class

Description

This function returns the name of the class of which the object obj is an instance. Returns FALSE if obj is not an object.

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"; // internal call $bar->name(); ?> The output is: Its name is foo My name is foo

See also get_parent_class(), gettype(), and is_subclass_of().