Doc #69475 [NEW]: Not clear get_class function behavior

From: sergey-1987 at yandex dot ru Operating system: PHP version: 5.4.40 Package: Reflection related Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Not clear get_class function behavior Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.get-class --- Its not clear that get_class($someClassInstance) will return wrapper class name, instead of FALSE in case $someClassInstance = null. Test script: --------------- <?php class ModelFactory { public static function create($type) { switch ($type) { case 'ModelA': return new ModelA(); break; case 'ModelB': return new ModelB(); break; case 'ModelC': return new ModelC(); break; default: return null; } } } class Controller { function render($type) { $model = ModelFactory::create($type); $view = get_class($model); echo "View name = ".$view; } } $controller = new Controller(); $controller->render('ModelD'); Expected result: ---------------- View name = Actual result: -------------- View name = Controller -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69475&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69475&r=mysqlcfg