PHP Tutorial - PHP get_class() function

get_class() returns the class name of the object you pass to it.

Syntax

string get_class ([ object $object = NULL ] )

Parameters

object - The tested object. This parameter may be omitted when inside a class.

Return Values

Returns the name of the class of which object is an instance. Returns FALSE if object is not an object.

If object is omitted when inside a class, the name of that class is returned.

Example

Get the class name


<?php//from   ww w  .java  2  s .  c om

class foo {
    function name()
    {
        echo "My name is " , get_class($this) , "\n";
    }
}

$bar = new foo();
echo "Its name is " , get_class($bar) , "\n";
$bar->name();

?>

The code above generates the following result.