get_parent_class
(PHP 4 )
get_parent_class -- Retrieves the parent class name for object or class
Description
string
get_parent_class ( mixed obj)
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().
