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Get_class without $this

derekscruggs Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:26 pm

Joined: 05 Apr 2005

Posts: 11

Get_class without $this

Within a class prototype, is there an alternative to get_class in the case
where you`re not actually insanticating the class?

For example, in the two classes below, I`d like to be able to
programatically know which class is being used via something like
get_class($this), but since the class isn`t instanciated, $this is null.

<?php
class A{
var $a;

function my_method() {
echo `<P>I am a::my_method()</P>`;
}
}

class B extends A{
var $b;
}

B::my_method(); //outputs "I am a::my_method"
?>

The B prototype is "smart" enough to inherit my_method from A. Is there a
way within my_method to figure out which class invoked it? If
get_class($this) worked, I could do something like this in A:

function my_method() {
echo `<P>I am ` . get_class($this) . `::my_method()</P>`;
}

...which would result in "I am b:my_method: in the example above.

BTW I`m working in PHP4.3

-Derek

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