PHP | get_class() Function

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.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

get_class ( $object );

READ: PHP | get_class_methods() Function

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

READ: PHP | get_class_vars() Function

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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