__CLASS__ contains the name of the class the method is in. In my sample it
would be 'Car' and not 'Porsche'.
What I don't understand is why the behaviour of debug_backtrace() has been
changed!?!
Regards, Torsten
I have no idea why the behaviour changed (I didn't really use the function before, either). And I see now the change in the manual that addresses this (essentially debug_backtrace gives you __CLASS__)
If you had an actual instance of the class you could use get_class, but alas you are using a static method call. You punk.
The only other solution that comes to mind is a little messy but it lets you get away with no object. Instead of calling the method statically you can use call_user_func_array() with the child class name as a parameter. Then change the parent method to accept the child class name as a parameter.
<?php
function call_static_child() {
$drive_args = func_get_args();
/** assume that first parameter is child of class Car */
return call_user_func_array(array($drive_args[0], 'drive'), $drive_args);
}
?>
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