Re: Inheritance and a class function: on what class was it called?

I dont understand what you are saying then or what you are trying to do. How can you call C::foo() outside of a class? You access class functions externally with -> Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Eby" <nick_eby@bonzidev.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Inheritance and a class function: on what class was it called? > not quite... the case I'm interested in is this, given your example: > > print C::foo(); > > which would print nothing, unfortunately, since when the function is called > using the :: operator there is no $this variable. basically what I'm > looking for is a replacement for get_class($this) when the function is > called using :: > > thanks > > /nick > > "Debbie Dyer" <debbie.dyer@c-u-online.co.uk> wrote in message > news:054c01c26a3f$34f6d230$de093c3e@homepc... > > I think I know what you mean. You could get it to return the name of the > > class. > > > > eg. > > > > class A { > > function foo () { > > return get_class($this); > > } > > } > > class B extends A { > > } > > class C extends A { > > } > > > > $a = new A(); > > $b = new B(); > > $c = new C(); > > print $a->foo(); > > print $b->foo(); > > print $c->foo(); > > > > Is this what you mean? > > > > Debbie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nick Eby" <nick_eby@bonzidev.com> > > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 6:29 PM > > Subject: [PHP] Inheritance and a class function: on what class was it > > called? > > > > > > > Assume you've got some class that has one or more classes inherited from > > it. > > > The parent class has a function that is normally called using the :: > > > operator (a class function). Assume also that the class function is > never > > > called from an object function. Is it possible to find if the class > > > function was called on the parent class, or on the child class? > > > > > > example: > > > Class A has a function foo(), callable by A::foo(). Class B extends A. > If > > > outside code makes the call B::foo(), can you tell from within foo() > that > > > the function was called on B and not A? > > > > > > I think this is impossible but I want to confirm that suspicion. It's > > > important that the call B::foo() isn't made from inside any object > > function, > > > so that there's no context for the $this variable; the get_class() > > function > > > isn't applicable. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >