Re: Get name of extending class with static method call

Torsten Roehr wrote:

"Christopher Fulton" <christopher.fulton@gmail.com> wrote in message news:bbbb9b3e050111092074cae919@mail.gmail.com...

Not sure if this is the best way to do it or not, but you can do this and it should (untested code) work..... class Car {

       function drive() {
            return $this->getClassName();
       }
       function getClassName() {
             return "Car";
       }

} class Porshe {

        function getClassName() {
             return "Porshe";
        }

} $foo = new Porshe(); echo $foo->drive();

Of course this might work but it requires the definition of such a method in *every* class I have. Any more ideas? Thanks in advance! Torsten

I'm not sure if this will work, but hey, you could give it a try. class Car { public static $className = __CLASS__; public static function drive () {

    return self::$className;

} } class Porche extends Car { public static $className = __CLASS__; } Porche::drive(); // Should return "Porche"