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get_parent_class

(PHP 4 , PHP 5)

get_parent_class -- Retrieves the parent class name for object or class

Description

string get_parent_class ( mixed obj)

If obj is an object, returns the name of the parent class of the class of which obj is an instance.

If obj is a string, returns the name of the parent class of the class with that name. This functionality was added in PHP 4.0.5.

Example 1. Using get_parent_class()

<?php

class dad {
   function
dad()
   {
  
// implements some logic
  
}
}

class
child extends dad {
   function
child()
   {
       echo
"I'm " , get_parent_class($this) , "'s son\n";
   }
}

class
child2 extends dad {
   function
child2()
   {
       echo
"I'm " , get_parent_class('child2') , "'s son too\n";
   }
}

$foo = new child();
$bar = new child2();

?>

The output is:

I'm dad's son
I'm dad's son too

See also get_class() and is_subclass_of().



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