#43608 [Opn->Bgs]: get_class() gets __CLASS__ in static methods

ID: 43608 Updated by: johannes@php.net Reported By: mrbizkit at email dot it -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: * PHP Version: 5.2.5 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php That's an feature implemented with PHP 5.3 called "Late Static Binding", see: http://php.net/language.oop5.late-static-bindings Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-12-16 18:26:48] mrbizkit at email dot it Description: ------------ hi, i'm asking for a feature change about this function in static methods and extended classes (please read the reproduce code) the problem is: i want to get the caller classname, not the classname where get_class() is used if you want to fix it [?] for retrocompatibility issues you can use get_class(NULL[,true]); or a new function Reproduce code: --------------- class theparent { public static function test() { echo get_class() . "\n"; //echo get_class(NULL,TRUE) . "\n"; [?] } } class pecl extends theparent{} class pear extends theparent{} pecl::test(); pear::test(); Expected result: ---------------- pecl pear Actual result: -------------- theparent theparent ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43608&edit=1