get_class

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

get_classReturns the name of the class of an object

Description

string get_class ([ object $object = NULL ] )

Gets the name of the class of the given object.

Parameters

object

The tested object. This parameter may be omitted when inside a class.

Return Values

Returns the name of the class of which object is an instance. Returns FALSE if object is not an object.

If object is omitted when inside a class, the name of that class is returned.

Errors/Exceptions

If get_class() is called with anything other than an object, an E_WARNING level error is raised.

Changelog

Version Description
5.3.0 NULL became the default value for object, so passing NULL to object now has the same result as not passing any value.
5.0.0 The class name is returned in its original notation.
5.0.0 The object parameter is optional if called from the object's method.

Examples

Example #1 Using get_class()

<?php

class foo {
    function 
name()
    {
        echo 
"My name is " get_class($this) , "\n";
    }
}

// create an object
$bar = new foo();

// external call
echo "Its name is " get_class($bar) , "\n";

// internal call
$bar->name();

?>

The above example will output:

Its name is foo
My name is foo

Example #2 Using get_class() in superclass

<?php

abstract class bar {
    public function 
__construct()
    {
        
var_dump(get_class($this));
        
var_dump(get_class());
    }
}

class 
foo extends bar {
}

new 
foo;

?>

The above example will output:

string(3) "foo"
string(3) "bar"

See Also

Коментарии

Note that the constant __CLASS__ is different from get_class($this) :
<?
 
class test {
    function 
whoami() {
      echo 
"Hello, I'm whoami 1 !\r\n";
      echo 
"Value of __CLASS__ : ".__CLASS__."\r\n";
      echo 
"Value of get_class() : ".get_class($this)."\r\n\r\n";
    }
  }
  class 
test2 extends test {
    function 
whoami2() {
      echo 
"Hello, I'm whoami 2 !\r\n";
      echo 
"Value of __CLASS__ : ".__CLASS__."\r\n";
      echo 
"Value of get_class() : ".get_class($this)."\r\n\r\n";
     
parent::whoami(); // call parent whoami() function
   
}
  }
 
$test=new test;
 
$test->whoami();
 
$test2=new test2;
 
$test2->whoami();
 
$test2->whoami2();
?>

The output is :
Hello, I'm whoami 1 !
Value of __CLASS__ : test
Value of get_class() : test

Hello, I'm whoami 1 !
Value of __CLASS__ : test
Value of get_class() : test2

Hello, I'm whoami 2 !
Value of __CLASS__ : test2
Value of get_class() : test2

Hello, I'm whoami 1 !
Value of __CLASS__ : test
Value of get_class() : test2

In fact, __CLASS__ returns the name of the class the function is in and get_class($this) returns the name of the class which was created.
2004-02-02 06:11:29
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Автор:
philip at cornado dot com, it returns the value of the class from which it was called, rather than the instance's name... causing inheritance to result in unexpected returns
2005-07-05 18:01:22
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More funkyness:

class Parent {
   function displayTableName() {
      echo get_class($this);
      echo get_class();
   }
}

class Child {
   function __construct() {
      $this->displayTableName();
   }
}

Will return 
- Child
- Parent

So when they say "the object isn't required in PHP5" - they don't really mean it.
2006-04-27 13:47:19
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This note is a response to the earlier post by davidc at php dot net. Unfortunately, the solution posted for getting the class name from a static method does not work with inherited classes.

Observe the following:
<?php
class BooBoof {
  public static function 
getclass() {
    return 
__CLASS__;
  }

  public function 
retrieve_class() {
    return 
get_class($this);
  }
}

class 
CooCoof extends BooBoof {
}

echo 
CooCoof::getclass();
// outputs BooBoof

$coocoof = new CooCoof;
echo 
$coocoof->retrieve_class();
// outputs CooCoof
?>

__CLASS__ and get_class($this) do not work the same way with inherited classes. I have been thus far unable to determine a reliable way to get the actual class from a static method.
2006-12-06 09:03:28
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This a response to luke at liveoakinteractive dot com and davidc at php dot net.  Static methods and variables, by definition, are bound to class types not object instances.  You should not need to dynamically find out what class a static method belongs to, since the context of your code should make it quite obvious.  Your questions reveals that you probably don't quite understand OOP quite yet (it took me a while as well).

Luke, the observed behavior from your particular code snippet makes perfect sense when you think about it.  The method getclass() is defined in BooBoof, so the __CLASS__ macro would be bound to BooBoof and defined in relation to the BooBoof class.  The fact that CooCoof is a subclass of BooBoof just means that it gains a shortcut to BooBoof::getclass().  So, in effect, you are really asking (in a convoluted way): "What is the class to which belongs the method call BooBoof::getclass()?"  The correct solution (if you actually want/need to do this) is to simply implement CooCoof::getclass() { return __CLASS__; } inside of the CooCoof definition, and any childclasses that you want to mimic this behavior.  CooCoof::getclass() will have the expected behavior.
2007-01-18 14:22:22
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
To yicheng zero-four at gmail dot com: Another, maybe better example where finding out the real class (not the class we are in) in static method should be quite usefull is the Singleton pattern. 

There is currently no way how to create an abstract Singleton class that could be used just by extending it without the need to change the extended class. Consider this example:
<?php
abstract class Singleton
{
    protected static 
$__instance false;
       
    public static function 
getInstance()
    {   
        if (
self::$__instance == false)
        {
           
// This acctually is not what we want, $class will always be 'Singleton' :(
           
$class get_class();
           
self::$__instance = new $class();           
        }
        return 
self::$__instance;
    }
}

class 
Foo extends Singleton
{
   
// ...
}

$single_foo Foo::getInstance();
?>
This piece of code will result in a fatal error saying: Cannot instantiate abstract class Singleton in ... on line 11

The best way I figured out how to avoid this requires simple but still a change of the extended (Foo) class:
<?php
abstract class Singleton
{
    protected static 
$__instance false;
       
    protected static function 
getInstance($class)
    {   
        if (
self::$__instance == false)
        {
            if (
class_exists($class))
            {
               
self::$__instance = new $class();           
            }
            else 
            {
                throw new 
Exception('Cannot instantiate undefined class [' $class ']'1);
            }
        }
        return 
self::$__instance;
    }
}

class 
Foo extends Singleton
{
   
// You have to overload the getInstance method in each extended class:
   
public static function getInstance()
    {
        return 
parent::getInstance(get_class());
    }
}

$single_foo Foo::getInstance();
?>

This is of course nothing horrible, you will propably need to change something in the extended class anyway (at least the constructor access), but still... it is just not as nice as it possibly could be ;)
2007-04-30 15:00:30
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
To: Bryan

In this model it is still workable if your singleton variable is actually an array.  Consider:
<?php
abstract class Singleton {
    protected final static 
$instances = array();
   
    protected 
__construct(){}
   
    protected function 
getInstance() {
       
$class get_real_class(); // imaginary function returning the final class name, not the class the code executes from
       
if (!isset(self::$instances[$class])) {
           
self::$instances[$class] = new $class();
        }
        return 
self::$instances[$class];
    }
}
class 
extends Singleton {
}
class 
extends Singleton {
}

$a A::getInstance();
$b B::getInstance();

echo 
"\$a is a " get_class($a) . "<br />";
echo 
"\$b is a " get_class($b) . "<br />";
?>
This would output:
$a is a A
$b is a B

The only alternative as described elsewhere is to make getInstance() protected abstract, accept the class name as an argument, and extend this call with a public final method for every sub-class which uses get_class() in its local object scope and passes it to the superclass.

Or else create a singleton factory like this:
<?php
final class SingletonFactory {
    protected static 
$instances = array();
   
    protected 
getInstance($class) {
        if (!isset(
self::$instances[$class])) {
           
self::$instances[$class] = new $class();
        }
        return 
self::$instances[$class];
    }
}
?>
The downside to this of course to this latter model is that the class itself doesn't get to decide if it is a singleton, the calling code gets to decide this instead, and a class that really wants or *needs* to be a singleton has no way to enforce this, not even by making its constructor protected.

Basically these design patterns, and various other meta manipulations (things which operate on the nature of the object, not on the data the object holds) could benefit greatly from knowing exactly what the final type of this object is, and not having native access to this information obligates work-arounds.
2007-06-23 09:20:22
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
Due to PHP 5 engine that permits to get final class in a static called function, and this is a modified version of examples published below.

<?php
abstract class Singleton {
    protected static 
$_instances = array();
   
    protected function 
__construct() {}
   
    protected static function 
getInstance() {
       
$bt debug_backtrace();
       
$class $bt[count($bt) - 1]['class'];
        if (!isset(
self::$_instances[$class])) {
           
self::$_instances[$class] = new $class();
        }
        return 
self::$_instances[$class];
    }
}
class 
extends Singleton {
    public static function 
getInstance() {
        return 
parent::getInstance();
    }
}
class 
extends Singleton {
    public static function 
getInstance() {
        return 
parent::getInstance();
    }
}
class 
extends {
    public static function 
getInstance() {
        return 
parent::getInstance();
    }
}

$a A::getInstance();
$b B::getInstance();
$c C::getInstance();

echo 
"\$a is a " get_class($a) . "<br />";
echo 
"\$b is a " get_class($b) . "<br />";
echo 
"\$c is a " get_class($c) . "<br />";
?>

I don't know about if performance would increase if debug_backtrace() is skipped and instead have getInstance() to accept a passed class retrieved by get_class() method as parameter as described in a post below.

By having set getInstance() to protected in the Singleton class, the function is required to be overridden (good OOP practice).

One thing to mention is, that there is no error checking in case $class is null or undefined, which would result in a fatal error. At the moment, though, I can't see how it could happen when the getInstance() is protected, i.e. has to be overridden in a subclass -- but with good coding practice you should always error check.
2007-06-25 11:13:04
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@ Frederik : 

<?
$class 
$bt[count($bt) - 1]['class']; 
?>

should be

<?
$class 
$bt[count($bt) - 2]['class'];
?>

;-)
2007-08-20 11:40:06
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As noted in bug #30934 (which is not actually a bug but a consequence of a design decision), the "self" keyword is bound at compile time. Amongst other things, this means that in base class methods, any use of the "self" keyword will refer to that base class regardless of the actual (derived) class on which the method was invoked. This becomes problematic when attempting to call an overridden static method from within an inherited method in a derived class. For example:

<?php
class Base
{
    protected 
$m_instanceName '';
   
    public static function 
classDisplayName()
    {
        return 
'Base Class';
    }
   
    public function 
instanceDisplayName()
    {
       
//here, we want "self" to refer to the actual class, which might be a derived class that inherits this method, not necessarily this base class
       
return $this->m_instanceName ' - ' self::classDisplayName();
    }
}

class 
Derived extends Base
{
    public function 
Derived$name )
    {
       
$this->m_instanceName $name;
    }
   
    public static function 
classDisplayName()
    {
        return 
'Derived Class';
    }
}

$o = new Derived('My Instance');
echo 
$o->instanceDisplayName();
?>

In the above example, assuming runtime binding (where the keyword "self" refers to the actual class on which the method was invoked rather than the class in which the method is defined) would produce the output:

My Instance - Derived Class

However, assuming compile-time binding (where the keyword "self" refers to the class in which the method is defined), which is how php works, the output would be:

My Instance - Base Class

The oddity here is that "$this" is bound at runtime to the actual class of the object (obviously) but "self" is bound at compile-time, which seems counter-intuitive to me. "self" is ALWAYS a synonym for the name of the class in which it is written, which the programmer knows so s/he can just use the class name; what the programmer cannot know is the name of the actual class on which the method was invoked (because the method could be invoked on a derived class), which it seems to me is something for which "self" ought to be useful.

However, questions about design decisions aside, the problem still exists of how to achieve behaviour similar to "self" being bound at runtime, so that both static and non-static methods invoked on or from within a derived class act on that derived class. The get_class() function can be used to emulate the functionality of runtime binding for the "self" keyword for static methods:

<?php
class Base
{
    protected 
$m_instanceName '';
   
    public static function 
classDisplayName()
    {
        return 
'Base Class';
    }
   
    public function 
instanceDisplayName()
    {
       
$realClass get_class($this);
        return 
$this->m_instanceName ' - ' call_user_func(array($realClass'classDisplayName'));
    }
}

class 
Derived extends Base
{
    public function 
Derived$name )
    {
       
$this->m_instanceName $name;
    }
   
    public static function 
classDisplayName()
    {
        return 
'Derived Class';
    }
}

$o = new Derived('My Instance');
echo 
$o->instanceDisplayName();
?>

Output:
My Instance - Derived Class

I realise that some people might respond "why don't use just just the class name with ' Class' appended instead of the classDisplayName() method", which is to miss the point. The point is not the actual strings returned but the concept of wanting to use the real class for an overridden static method from within an inherited non-static method. The above is just a simplified version of a real-world problem that was too complex to use as an example.

Apologies if this has been mentioned before.
2007-09-09 08:40:46
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After reading the previous comments, this is the best I've done to get the final class name of a subclass:

<?php

class Singleton
{
   private static 
$_instances = array();
   protected final function 
__construct(){}
   
   
/**
    * @param string $classname
    * @return Singleton
    */
   
protected static function getInstance()
   {
     
$classname func_get_arg(0);
      if (! isset(
self::$_instances[$classname]))
      {
         
self::$_instances[$classname] = new $classname();
      }
      return 
self::$_instances[$classname];
   }
   
}

class 
Child extends Singleton
{
   
/**
    * @return Child
    */
   
public static function getInstance()
   {
      return 
parent::getInstance(get_class());
   }
}

?>

Subclasses must override "getInstance" and cannot override "__construct".
2008-02-21 15:17:27
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Автор:
In Perl (and some other languages) you can call some methods in both object and class (aka static) context. I made such a method for one of my classes in PHP5, but found out that static methods in PHP5 do not 'know' the name of the calling subclass', so I use a backtrace to determine it. I don't like hacks like this, but as long as PHP doesn't have an alternative, this is what has to be done:

public function table_name() {
        $result = null;
        if (isset($this)) { // object context
            $result = get_class($this);
        }
        else { // class context
            $result = get_class();
            $trace = debug_backtrace();
            foreach ($trace as &$frame) {
                if (!isset($frame['class'])) {
                    break;
                }
                if ($frame['class'] != $result) {
                    if (!is_subclass_of($frame['class'], $result)) {
                        break;
                    }
                    $result = $frame['class'];
                }
            }
        }
        return $result;
    }
2008-04-12 17:01:44
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Take care using the backtrace method to find the calling class of a static method, you should step backward through the array and find a match for your getInstance() function. In backtrace the class name you want is not always the last item in the array.

I will not post the whole singleton class here, but have made the following modification to Frederik Krautwald's method (found below)

<?php 
$bt 
debug_backtrace();
// this method is count($bt)-1) by Frederik will fall over when calling getInstance from within an include file.
//$class = $bt[count($bt) - 1]['class'];

for( $i=count($bt)-$i $i--)
{
    if(
$bt[$i]['function'] == 'getInstance')
    {
       
$class $bt[$i]['class'];
        break;
    }
}
?>
2008-04-30 00:13:43
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
With Late Static Bindings, available as of PHP 5.3.0, it is now possible to implement an abstract Singleton class with minimal overhead in the child classes. Late static bindings are explained here: http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.late-static-bindings.php

In short, it introduces a new 'static::' keyword, that is evaluated at runtime. In the following code I use it to determine the classname of the child Singleton class.

<?
abstract class Singleton {
    protected static 
$__CLASS__ __CLASS__;
    protected static 
$instance;
   
    protected function 
__construct() {
        static::
$instance $this;
       
$this->init();
    }
   
    abstract protected function 
init();
   
    protected function 
getInstance() {
       
$class = static::getClass();
       
        if (static::
$instance===null) {
            static::
$instance = new $class;
        }

        return static::
$instance;
    }
   
    private static function 
getClass() {
        if (static::
$__CLASS__ == __CLASS__) {
            die(
"You MUST provide a <code>protected static \$__CLASS__ = __CLASS__;</code> statement in your Singleton-class!");
        }
       
        return static::
$__CLASS__;
    }
}
?>

An example Singleton class can then be implemented as follows:

<?
class extends Singleton {
    protected static 
$__CLASS__ __CLASS__// Provide this in each singleton class.

   
protected function someFunction() {
       
$instance = static::getInstance();
       
// ...
   
}
}
?>

Hope this helps you save some time :)
2008-08-20 08:42:01
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
The code in my previous comment was not completely correct. I think this one is. 

<?
abstract class Singleton {
    protected static 
$__CLASS__ __CLASS__;

    protected function 
__construct() {
    }
   
    abstract protected function 
init();
   
   
/**
     * Gets an instance of this singleton. If no instance exists, a new instance is created and returned.
     * If one does exist, then the existing instance is returned.
     */
   
public static function getInstance() {
        static 
$instance;
       
       
$class self::getClass();
       
        if (
$instance === null) {
           
$instance = new $class();
           
$instance->init();
        }
       
        return 
$instance;
    }
   
   
/**
     * Returns the classname of the child class extending this class
     *
     * @return string The class name
     */
   
private static function getClass() {
       
$implementing_class = static::$__CLASS__;
       
$original_class __CLASS__;

        if (
$implementing_class === $original_class) {
            die(
"You MUST provide a <code>protected static \$__CLASS__ = __CLASS__;</code> statement in your Singleton-class!");
        }
       
        return 
$implementing_class;
    }
}
?>
2008-08-21 06:26:42
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
It is possible to write a completely self-contained Singleton base class in PHP 5.3 using the new get_called_class function.  When called in a static method, this function returns the name of the class the call was made against.

<?php

abstract class Singleton {

    protected function 
__construct() {
    }

    final public static function 
getInstance() {
        static 
$aoInstance = array();

       
$calledClassName get_called_class();

        if (! isset (
$aoInstance[$calledClassName])) {
           
$aoInstance[$calledClassName] = new $calledClassName();
        }

        return 
$aoInstance[$calledClassName];
    }

    final private function 
__clone() {
    }
}

class 
DatabaseConnection extends Singleton {

    protected 
$connection;

    protected function 
__construct() {
       
// @todo Connect to the database
   
}

    public function 
__destruct() {
       
// @todo Drop the connection to the database
   
}
}

$oDbConn = new DatabaseConnection();  // Fatal error

$oDbConn DatabaseConnection::getInstance();  // Returns single instance
?>

Full write-up in Oct 2008: http://danbettles.blogspot.com
2008-10-08 14:56:02
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
Beware if you're omitting the parameter on inherited classes.
It'll return the class name of the method where it's called.

<?php
class {
    function 
foo() {
      return 
get_class();
    }
}
class 
extends {
   function 
bar() {
      return 
get_class();
   }
}
$instance = new B();
echo 
$instance->bar(); //Prints 'B';
echo $instance->foo(); //Prints 'A';
?>
2009-02-11 04:09:57
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
If you are using namespaces this function will return the name of the class including the namespace, so watch out if your code does any checks for this. Ex:

namespace Shop;

<?php
class Foo
{
  public function 
__construct()
  {
     echo 
"Foo";
  }
}

//Different file

include('inc/Shop.class.php'); 

$test = new Shop\Foo();
echo 
get_class($test);//returns Shop\Foo
?>
2010-04-06 01:23:00
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
This can sometimes be used in place of get_called_class(). I used this function in a parent class to get the name of the class that extends it.
2010-06-18 14:14:58
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Method for pulling the name of a class with namespaces pre-stripped.

<?php
/**
 * Returns the name of a class using get_class with the namespaces stripped.
 * This will not work inside a class scope as get_class() a workaround for
 * that is using get_class_name(get_class());
 *
 * @param  object|string  $object  Object or Class Name to retrieve name

 * @return  string  Name of class with namespaces stripped
 */
function get_class_name($object null)
{
    if (!
is_object($object) && !is_string($object)) {
        return 
false;
    }
   
   
$class explode('\\', (is_string($object) ? $object get_class($object)));
    return 
$class[count($class) - 1];
}
?>

And for everyone for Unit Test goodiness!

<?php
namespace testme\here;

class 
TestClass {
   
    public function 
test()
    {
       return 
get_class_name(get_class());
    }
}

class 
GetClassNameTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    public function 
testGetClassName()
    {
       
$class  = new TestClass();
       
$std  = new \stdClass();
       
$this->assertEquals('TestClass'get_class_name($class));
       
$this->assertEquals('stdClass'get_class_name($std));
       
$this->assertEquals('Test'get_class_name('Test'));
       
$this->assertFalse(get_class_name(null));
       
$this->assertFalse(get_class_name(array()));
       
$this->assertEquals('TestClass'$class->test());
    }
}
?>
2010-12-06 10:14:04
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
Attempting various singleton base class methods described on this page, I have created a base class and bridge function that allows it to work without get_called_class() if it's not available.  Unlike other methods listed here, I chose not to prevent use of __construct() or __clone().

<?php
abstract class Singleton {
    protected static 
$m_pInstance;
    final public static function 
getInstance(){
       
$class = static::getClass();
        if(!isset(static::
$m_pInstance[$class])) {
            static::
$m_pInstance[$class] = new $class;
        }
        return static::
$m_pInstance[$class];
    }
    final public static function 
getClass(){
        return 
get_called_class();
    }
}

// I don't remember where I found this, but this is to allow php < 5.3 to use this method.
if (!function_exists('get_called_class')) {
    function 
get_called_class($bt false$l 1) {
        if (!
$bt)
           
$bt debug_backtrace();
        if (!isset(
$bt[$l]))
            throw new 
Exception("Cannot find called class -> stack level too deep.");
        if (!isset(
$bt[$l]['type'])) {
            throw new 
Exception('type not set');
        }
        else
            switch (
$bt[$l]['type']) {
                case 
'::':
                   
$lines file($bt[$l]['file']);
                   
$i 0;
                   
$callerLine '';
                    do {
                       
$i++;
                       
$callerLine $lines[$bt[$l]['line'] - $i] . $callerLine;
                    } while (
stripos($callerLine$bt[$l]['function']) === false);
                   
preg_match('/([a-zA-Z0-9\_]+)::' $bt[$l]['function'] . '/'$callerLine$matches);
                    if (!isset(
$matches[1])) {
                       
// must be an edge case.
                       
throw new Exception("Could not find caller class: originating method call is obscured.");
                    }
                    switch (
$matches[1]) {
                        case 
'self':
                        case 
'parent':
                            return 
get_called_class($bt$l 1);
                        default:
                            return 
$matches[1];
                    }
               
// won't get here.
               
case '->': switch ($bt[$l]['function']) {
                        case 
'__get':
                           
// edge case -> get class of calling object
                           
if (!is_object($bt[$l]['object']))
                                throw new 
Exception("Edge case fail. __get called on non object.");
                            return 
get_class($bt[$l]['object']);
                        default: return 
$bt[$l]['class'];
                    }

                default: throw new 
Exception("Unknown backtrace method type");
            }
    }
}

class 
extends Singleton {
}

class 
extends Singleton {
}

$b B::getInstance();
echo 
'class: '.get_class($b);

echo 
'<br />';

$c C::getInstance();
echo echo 
'class: '.get_class($c);
?>
This returns:
class: b
class: c
2011-10-31 14:01:22
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Simplest way how to gets Class without namespace

<?php
namespace a\b\c\d\e\f;

class 
Foo {

  public function 
__toString() {
   
$class explode('\\'__CLASS__);
    return 
end($class);
  }
}

echo new 
Foo(); // prints Foo
?>
2011-11-28 09:53:24
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
People seem to mix up what __METHOD__, get_class($obj) and get_class() do, related to class inheritance.

Here's a good example that should fix that for ever:

<?php

class Foo {
 function 
doMethod(){
  echo 
__METHOD__ "\n";
 }
 function 
doGetClassThis(){
  echo 
get_class($this).'::doThat' "\n";
 }
 function 
doGetClass(){
  echo 
get_class().'::doThat' "\n";
 }
}

class 
Bar extends Foo {

}

class 
Quux extends Bar {
 function 
doMethod(){
  echo 
__METHOD__ "\n";
 }
 function 
doGetClassThis(){
  echo 
get_class($this).'::doThat' "\n";
 }
 function 
doGetClass(){
  echo 
get_class().'::doThat' "\n";
 }
}

$foo = new Foo();
$bar = new Bar();
$quux = new Quux();

echo 
"\n--doMethod--\n";

$foo->doMethod();
$bar->doMethod();
$quux->doMethod();

echo 
"\n--doGetClassThis--\n";

$foo->doGetClassThis();
$bar->doGetClassThis();
$quux->doGetClassThis();

echo 
"\n--doGetClass--\n";

$foo->doGetClass();
$bar->doGetClass();
$quux->doGetClass();

?>

OUTPUT:

--doMethod--
Foo::doMethod
Foo::doMethod
Quux::doMethod

--doGetClassThis--
Foo::doThat
Bar::doThat
Quux::doThat

--doGetClass--
Foo::doThat
Foo::doThat
Quux::doThat
2011-12-06 16:51:12
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Need a quick way to parse the name of a class when it's namespaced? Try this:

<?php
namespace Engine;
function 
parse_classname ($name)
{
  return array(
   
'namespace' => array_slice(explode('\\'$name), 0, -1),
   
'classname' => join(''array_slice(explode('\\'$name), -1)),
  );
}
final class 
Kernel
{
  final public function 
__construct ()
  {
    echo 
'<pre>'print_r(parse_classname(__CLASS__),1), '</pre>';
   
// Or this for a one-line method to get just the classname:
    // echo join('', array_slice(explode('\\', __CLASS__), -1));
 
}
}
new 
Kernel();
?>

Outputs:
Array
(
    [namespace] => Array
        (
            [0] => Engine
        )

    [classname] => Kernel
)
2012-03-17 21:24:34
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
/**
 * Obtains an object class name without namespaces
 */
function get_real_class($obj) {
    $classname = get_class($obj);

    if (preg_match('@\\\\([\w]+)$@', $classname, $matches)) {
        $classname = $matches[1];
    }

    return $classname;
}
2013-05-10 22:35:51
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
<?php
class Parent{
}
class 
Child extends Parent{   
}
$c = new Child();
echo 
get_class($c//Child
?>
<?php
class Parent{
  public function 
getClass(){
     echo 
get_class(); 
  }
}
class 
Child extends Parent{
}
$obj = new Child();
$obj->getClass(); //outputs Parent
?>
<?php
class Parent{
  public function 
getClass(){
     echo 
get_class($this); 
  }
}
class 
Child extends Parent{
}
$obj = new Child();
$obj->getClass(); // Parent
?>
2013-12-20 14:14:02
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
A lot of people in other comments wanting to get the classname without the namespace. Some weird suggestions of code to do that - not what I would've written! So wanted to add my own way.

<?php
function get_class_name($classname)
{
    if (
$pos strrpos($classname'\\')) return substr($classname$pos 1);
    return 
$pos;
}
?>

Also did some quick benchmarking, and strrpos() was the fastest too. Micro-optimisations = macro optimisations!

39.0954 ms - preg_match()
28.6305 ms - explode() + end()
20.3314 ms - strrpos()

(For reference, here's the debug code used. c() is a benchmarking function that runs each closure run 10,000 times.)

<?php
c
(
    function(
$class 'a\b\C') {
        if (
preg_match('/\\\\([\w]+)$/'$class$matches)) return $matches[1];
        return 
$class;
    },
    function(
$class 'a\b\C') {
       
$bits explode('\\'$class);
        return 
end($bits);
    },
    function(
$class 'a\b\C') {
        if (
$pos strrpos($class'\\')) return substr($class$pos 1);
        return 
$pos;
    }
);
?>
2014-03-06 18:36:57
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
class A
{
function __construct(){
        //parent::__construct();
        echo $this->m =  'From constructor A: '.get_class();
        echo $this->m =  'From constructor A:- argument = $this: '.get_class($this);
       
        echo $this->m =  'From constructor A-parent: '.get_parent_class();
        echo $this->m =  'From constructor A-parent:- argument =  $this: '.get_parent_class($this);
    }
}
class B extends A
{
function __construct(){
        parent::__construct();
        echo $this->m =  'From constructor B: '.get_class();
        echo $this->m =  'From constructor B:- argument =  $this: '.get_class($this);
       
        echo $this->m =  'From constructor B-parent: '.get_parent_class();
        echo $this->m =  'From constructor B-parent:- argument =  $this: '.get_parent_class($this);
    }
}
$b = new B();
//----------------output--------------------

From constructor A: A
From constructor A:- argument = $this: B
From constructor A-parent: 
From constructor A-parent:- argument = $this: A
From constructor B: B
From constructor B:- argument = $this: B
From constructor B-parent: A
From constructor B-parent:- argument = $this: A

Use get_class() to get the name of class  ,it will help you get the class name, in case you extend that class with another class and want to get the name of the class to which object is instance of user get_class($object)

when you create an object of class{$b object of B} which has a super class{Class A}. 
uses these code IN Super Class {A} 
--------------------------------------------
to get class name B{object instance} :  get_class($this) 
to get class name A{super class}  : get_class() or get_parent_class($this)
2014-08-27 16:52:04
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
If you want the path to an file if you have i file structure like this

project -> system -> libs -> controller.php
project -> system -> modules -> foo -> foo.php

and foo() in foo.php extends controller() in controller.php like this

<?PHP
namespace system\modules\foo;

class 
foo extends \system\libs\controller {
    public function 
__construct() {
       
parent::__construct();   
    }
}
?>

and you want to know the path to foo.php in controller() this may help you

<?PHP
namespace system\libs;

class 
controller {
    protected function 
__construct() {
       
$this->getChildPath();
    }
    protected function 
getChildPath() {
        echo 
dirname(get_class($this));
    }
}
?>

<?PHP
$f 
= new foo();  // system\modules\foo
?>
2014-09-18 23:55:26
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
>= 5.5

::class
fully qualified class name, instead of get_class

<?php
namespace my\library\mvc;

class 
Dispatcher {}

print 
Dispatcher::class; // FQN == my\library\mvc\Dispatcher

$disp = new Dispatcher;

print 
$disp::class; // parse error
2014-10-03 14:06:23
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
With regard to getting the class name from a namespaced class name, then using basename() seems to do the trick quite nicely.

<?php
namespace Foo\Bar;

abstract class 
Baz
{
  public function 
report()
  {
    echo
     
'__CLASS__        '__CLASS__' 'basename(__CLASS__), PHP_EOL,
     
'get_called_class 'get_called_class(), ' 'basename(get_called_class()), PHP_EOL;
  }
}

class 
Snafu extends Baz
{
}

(new 
Snafu)->report();
?>

produces output of ...

__CLASS__        Foo\Bar\Baz   Baz
get_called_class Foo\Bar\Snafu Snafu
2014-12-19 17:09:43
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
To get class name without the Namespace you can use easily this trick :
<?php
namespace My\Long\Namespace;

class 
MyClass {

    static function 
getClassName() {
        return 
basename(__CLASS__);
       
// or with get_class();
       
return basename(get_class());
    }

}

echo 
\My\Long\Namespace\MyClass::getClassName(); // Display : MyClass
?>
2016-11-29 00:18:04
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
well, if you call  get_class() on an aliased class, you will get the original class name

<?php

class Person {}

class_alias('Person''User');

$me = new User;

var_dumpget_class($me) ); // 'Person'

?>
2016-12-17 03:33:48
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
Although you can call a class's static methods from an instance of the class as though they were object instance methods, it's nice to know that, since classes are represented in PHP code by their names as strings, the same thing goes for the return value of get_class():

<?php
$t
->Faculty();
SomeClass::Faculty(); // $t instanceof SomeClass
"SomeClass"::Faculty();
get_class($t)::Faculty();
?>

The first is legitimate, but the last makes it clear to someone reading it that Faculty() is a static method (because the name of the method certainly doesn't).
2017-09-25 02:22:00
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
If you want the Class Name without the Namespace or if you've got here because basename() returns a dot (.) for the FQCN (Fully Qualified Class Name), here is the solution:

<?php
// FQCN: App\Http\Controllers\CustomerReportController

substr(self::class, (int)strrpos(self::class, '\\') + 1)

// returns: CustomerReportController
?>
2017-10-10 12:03:14
http://php5.kiev.ua/manual/ru/function.get-class.html
Автор:
There are discussions below regarding how to create a singleton that allows subclassing. It seems with get_called_class  there is now a cleaner solution than what is discussed below, that does not require overriding a method per subclass.

e.g.

<?php
abstract class MySuperclass {
    static private 
$instances = array();

    static public function 
getInstance(): ACFBlock {
       
$className get_called_class();
        if (!isset(
self::$instances[$className])) {
           
self::$instances[$className] = new static();
        }
        return 
self::$instances[$className];
    }

    private function 
__construct() {
       
// Singleton
     
}
}

class 
MySubclass extends MySuperclass {
}

MySubclass::getInstance();
2021-06-07 05:50:54
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