Posted by Christopher Fulton on 09/27/03 11:05

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();


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:08:27 +0100, Torsten Roehr <roehr@zilleon.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> in PHP4 it was possible to get the name of the calling class with
> debug_bcktrace(). Unfortunately this behaviour has been changed in PHP5. I
> didn't find a solution in the archives.
>
> Is there *any* way to get the name of the calling class?:
>
> class Car {
> function drive() {
> // I need the name of the calling class here
> // in this case it should be 'Porsche'
> }
> }
>
> class Porsche extends Car {
> }
>
> Porsche::drive();
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Torsten Roehr
>
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