note 74491 added to function.get-class

The previous comment (from matsgefvert dot se) is 100% correct. To further elaborate on the persistence layers example suggested, consider the case where you are dynamically creating inherited objects. For example: <?php class PersistedObject { //... public static function read($key){ //You will need the table name here to actually read // from the persistence medium echo get_class(); } class SomeTable extends PersistedObject { //... } /* Somewhere else in our code we would like to call the read method */ $someTableObject = SomeTable::read(1234); ?> Remember that the SomeTable class would be generated on the fly, probably by some DB schema. The problem is that you would actually like the above example to output "SomeTable", but unfortunately, it will output "PersistedObject". ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 216.9.243.111 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.get-class.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74491 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74491/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74491/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74491/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74491/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74491/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74491/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74491 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74491 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php