RE: [PHP-DEV] Get name of extending class with static method call(PHP5)

> -----Original Message----- > From: Derrell.Lipman@UnwiredUniverse.com > [mailto:Derrell.Lipman@UnwiredUniverse.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:35 PM > To: Torsten Roehr > Cc: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] 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(); Hi Derrell, you are right, but I just forgot to declare it static. Unfortunately this doesn't change the situation - I still need it as a static call and therefore cannot use get_class(). Best regards, Torsten Roehr