#30423 [Csd->Opn]: get_class(self) for static methods

ID: 30423 User updated by: auroraeosrose at hotmail dot com Reported By: auroraeosrose at hotmail dot com -Status: Closed +Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: * PHP Version: 5.* New Comment: only problem is, get_class() returns what __CLASS__ returns, the actual class your in, which is nice unless you need to know the class CALLED not the PARENT extremely simplistic view: class test { function whoami() { echo "Hello, I'm whoami 1 !\r\n"; echo "Value of __CLASS__ : ".__CLASS__."\r\n"; echo "Value of get_class(\$this) : ".get_class($this)."\r\n\r\n"; echo "Value of get_class() : ".get_class()."\r\n\r\n"; } } class test2 extends test { } $test=new test; $test->whoami(); $test2=new test2; $test2->whoami(); Now, you'll notice that get_class() is always returning the class whoami is in - test, whereas get_class($this) is returning the CHILD class, test2 - bug or feature? in any case it makes using get_class() as useless for me as __CLASS__ , I need to know the class called, not the class the function is in! Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-10-13 23:09:14] helly@php.net Simply use get_class() ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-10-13 20:18:43] auroraeosrose at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ When using parent - child classes you sometimes need to get the name of the child, not the parent FROM the parent class. In a regular object instance you can do get_class($this); However in static methods, you cannot. I'd really like a get_class(self); so that you can get the same functionality in a static method. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30423&edit=1