note 83957 added to language.oop5.reflection

When your class extends a parent class you maybe want the name of them. Using getParentClass() is maybe a bit confusing. When you want the name as string try the following. <?php $class = new ReflectionClass('whatever'); $parent = (array) $class->getParentClass(); if(array_key_exists('name', $parent)) { # name of the parent class $parent = parent['name']; } else { # no parent class avaible $parent = false; } ?> When you turn getParentClass() to an array it will result either array(0 => false) when no parent class exist or array('name' => 'name of the parent class'). Tested on PHP 5.2.4 ---- Server IP: 212.124.37.9 Probable Submitter: 80.132.126.23 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.reflection.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/83957 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83957/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83957/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83957/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83957/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83957/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83957/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83957 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/83957 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php