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astonius
astonius

Reputation: 101

PHP class name as a string

Is there a built-in static method or property to refer to a PHP class so that it will contextually be represented as a string? For example:

Instead of this:

$obj->tempFn('MyClass') //MyClass being the name of the class

I want to do this:

$obj->tempFn(MyClass) //Directly references the class name, instead of a string representation

Upvotes: 5

Views: 6287

Answers (3)

ficuscr
ficuscr

Reputation: 7054

If really wanting to avoid the statics I think the Reflection class might work.

function getClassName(ReflectionParameter $param) {
    preg_match('/\[\s\<\w+?>\s([\w]+)/s', $param->__toString(), $matches);
    return isset($matches[1]) ? $matches[1] : null;
}

That's from the comments on http://www.php.net/manual/en/reflectionparameter.getclass.php

Upvotes: 0

nice ass
nice ass

Reputation: 16709

No. But you can define a constant in your class, that contains the class name, like:

class foo{
  const  
    NAME = 'foo';
}

And access it like foo::NAME.

In PHP 5.5, you'll be able to use:

foo::class

Upvotes: 7

Husman
Husman

Reputation: 6909

echo get_class($this);should work inside of a class.

echo __CLASS__; I believe this is a static property

Upvotes: 2

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