Object Inheritance, get_class() and a static function call

Hello, following code won't work in the expected way: class ClassA { function getClassName() {

    return get_class($this); # [1]

} } class ClassB extends ClassA { } echo ClassB::getClassName(); this script echoes "Object" instead of "ClassB". but i would like to return the classname of the derived class without writing the method again. this will work: B = new ClassB(); echo ClassB->getClassName(); i tried to use line [2] instead of [1] return get_class(self); # [2] but this only returns an empty string. is there any solution for my problem? i'm using PHP Version 5.0.3 (with Apache 1, Windows XP) greetings axel