PHP | get_parent_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_parent_class() Function.

The built-in PHP get_parent_class() function gets the parent class name for the object or class.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

get_parent_class ( $object );

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Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	object(Required) The tested object or class name.

Return Value

This built-in PHP function returns an array of the names of the declared classes in the current script.

Example

Try out the below example -

<?php
   class f1 {
      function f1() {
         // implements some logic
      }
   }
   
   class child extends f1 {
      function child() {
         echo "I'm " , get_parent_class($this) , "'s son \n";
      }
   }
   
   class child2 extends f1 {
      function child2() {
         echo "I'm " , get_parent_class('child2') , "'s son too \n";
      }
   }
	
   $foo = new child();
   $bar = new child2();
?> 

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

I'm f1's son
I'm f1's son too

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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 PHP interface_exists() Function.

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