Posted by Daniel Schierbeck on 06/19/78 11:05

Torsten Roehr wrote:
> "Christopher Fulton" <christopher.fulton@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bbbb9b3e050111092074cae919@mail.gmail.com...
>
>>Not sure if this is the best way to do it or not, but you can do this
>>and it should (untested code) work.....
>>
>>class Car {
>> function drive() {
>> return $this->getClassName();
>> }
>> function getClassName() {
>> return "Car";
>> }
>>}
>>
>>class Porshe {
>> function getClassName() {
>> return "Porshe";
>> }
>>}
>>
>>$foo = new Porshe();
>>echo $foo->drive();
>
>
> Of course this might work but it requires the definition of such a method in
> *every* class I have.
>
> Any more ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Torsten

I'm not sure if this will work, but hey, you could give it a try.

class Car
{
public static $className = __CLASS__;

public static function drive ()
{
return self::$className;
}
}

class Porche extends Car
{
public static $className = __CLASS__;
}

Porche::drive(); // Should return "Porche"

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