Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP get_class() Function.
The built-in PHP get_class() function gets the name of the class of the given object.
The built-in PHP get_class() function gets the name of the class of the given object.
Syntax
Following below is the syntax to use this function -
get_class ( $object );
Parameter Details
Sr.No | Parameter & Description |
---|---|
1 | object(Required) The tested object. |
Return Value
This built-in PHP function returns the name of the class of which object is an instance. It returns false if object is not an object.
Example
Try out the below example -
<?php class f1 { function f1() { // implements some logic } function name() { echo "My name is " , get_class($this) , "\n"; } } // create an object $bar = new f1(); // external call echo "Its name is " , get_class($bar) , "\n"; // internal call $bar->name(); ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Its name is f1 My name is f1
Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be discussing about the get_declared_classes() Function in PHP.
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