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<h1 class="refname">get_called_class</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">get_called_class</span> — <span class="dc-title">the "Late Static Binding" class name</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>get_called_class</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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Gets the name of the class the static method is called in.
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Returns the class name. Returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if called from outside a class.
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<p><strong>Example #1 Using <span class="function"><strong>get_called_class()</strong></span></strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #007700">class </span><span style="color: #0000BB">foo </span><span style="color: #007700">{<br /> static public function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">test</span><span style="color: #007700">() {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">get_called_class</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> }<br />}<br /><br />class </span><span style="color: #0000BB">bar </span><span style="color: #007700">extends </span><span style="color: #0000BB">foo </span><span style="color: #007700">{<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">foo</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">test</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">bar</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">test</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
string(3) "foo"
string(3) "bar"
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.get-called-class-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.get-parent-class.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">get_parent_class()</a> - Retrieves the parent class name for object or class</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.get-class.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">get_class()</a> - Returns the name of the class of an object</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.is-subclass-of.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">is_subclass_of()</a> - Checks if the object has this class as one of its parents</span></li>
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