Req #54417 [NEW]: Add string casting support for class/interface names

From: Operating system: N/A PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Add string casting support for class/interface names Description: ------------ Please add a way to get the fully qualified class or interface name without the need to create an object. While it is possible to declare a static variable in classes as a workaround, this will not work with interfaces, as you can't declare members inside them. A common trick I've seen is to use a constant: namespace Foo\Bar; interface A { const __NAME = __CLASS__; } factory(Bar\A::__NAME); // calls factory with '\Foo\Bar\A' Though this won't work with inheritance. The magic __NAMESPACE__ constant is also no help when importing namespaces. I propose to use the __CLASS__ keyword to implement such a feature, as it is not allowed to have a class constant of this name: namespace Foo\Bar { interface A {} } namespace Orange\Banana { use Foo\Bar; echo Bar\A::__CLASS__; // should print "Foo\Bar\A" } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54417&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54417&r=mysqlcfg