Re: Get name of extending class with static method call (PHP5)

"Torsten Roehr" <roehr@zilleon.com> writes: > Hi devs, > > after a long discussion on php-general [1], searching the archives and > trying every proposed solution without success I'm asking for your help to > solve the following problem: > > class Car { > function drive() { > // I need the name of the calling class here > // in my case it should be 'Porsche' > } > } > > class Porsche extends Car { > } > > Porsche::drive(); You're previous thread says that you want drive() to be static, but you're not declaring it static. If it needn't be static, then you can do this: class Car { function drive() { echo get_class($this) . "\n"; } } class Porsche extends Car { } $carType = new Porsche(); $carType->drive();