optionally return class name from gettype

hi Internals Team, i find myself writing this line frequently in projects: is_object($value) ? get_class($value) : gettype($value); it seems i'm not the only one: https://github.com/search?l=php&q=get_class+gettype&ref=searchresults&type=Code&utf8=%E2%9C%93 although it is small, it amounts to a lot of duplicated logic in need of testing. i'm looking to write that line, and its tests, one last time. i think it's a bit trivial to warrant a standalone lib, but might already exist or fit in some helper package. instead, what do you think about an optional param for the gettype method to provide this functionality? here's the new (hopefully backwards-compatible) behavior: var_dump(gettype(new \stdClass(), true)); string(8) "stdClass" var_dump(gettype(new \stdClass())); string(6) "object" here's my commit, proposed for php/php-src: https://github.com/abacaphiliac/php-src/commit/f4e2fae9145cec5af94f197acf71dae02cd61b08 and my commit's build on travis: https://travis-ci.org/abacaphiliac/php-src/builds/148218512 any interest? if gettype isn't the right home for this logic, then perhaps someplace else? thank you. Tim Younger