get_parent_class

Description

If obj is an object, returns the name of the parent class of the class of which obj is an instance.

If obj is a string, returns the name of the parent class of the class with that name. This functionality was added in PHP 4.0.5.

Example 1. Using get_parent_class() <?php class dad { function dad() { // implements some logic } } class child extends dad { function child() { echo "I'm " , get_parent_class($this) , "'s son\n"; } } class child2 extends dad { function child2() { echo "I'm " , get_parent_class('child2') , "'s son too\n"; } } $foo = new child(); $bar = new child2(); ?> The output is: I'm dad's son I'm dad's son too

See also get_class() and is_subclass_of().