<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Retrieves the parent class name for object or class</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.get-object-vars.html">get_object_vars</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.interface-exists.html">interface_exists</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.classobj.html">Classes/Object Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.get-parent-class" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">get_parent_class</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">get_parent_class</span> — <span class="dc-title">Retrieves the parent class name for object or class</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.get-parent-class-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>get_parent_class</strong></span> ([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$object</code></span> ] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Retrieves the parent class name for object or class. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.get-parent-class-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">object</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The tested object or class name </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.get-parent-class-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns the name of the parent class of the class of which <em><code class="parameter">object</code></em> is an instance or the name. </p> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para"> If the object does not have a parent or the class given does not exist <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> will be returned. </p> </p></blockquote> <p class="para"> If called without parameter outside object, this function returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.get-parent-class-changelog"> <h3 class="title">Changelog</h3> <p class="para"> <table class="doctable informaltable"> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="tbody"> <tr> <td>5.1.0</td> <td> If called without parameter outside object, this function would have returned <strong><code>NULL</code></strong> with a warning, but now returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>5.0.0</td> <td> The <em><code class="parameter">object</code></em> parameter is optional if called from the object's method. </td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.0.5</td> <td> If <em><code class="parameter">object</code></em> is a string, returns the name of the parent class of the class with that name. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.get-parent-class-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-5056"> <p><strong>Example #1 Using <span class="function"><strong>get_parent_class()</strong></span></strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <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">dad </span><span style="color: #007700">{<br /> function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">dad</span><span style="color: #007700">()<br /> {<br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// implements some logic<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">}<br />}<br /><br />class </span><span style="color: #0000BB">child </span><span style="color: #007700">extends </span><span style="color: #0000BB">dad </span><span style="color: #007700">{<br /> function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">child</span><span style="color: #007700">()<br /> {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"I'm " </span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">get_parent_class</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">) , </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"'s son\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br />}<br /><br />class </span><span style="color: #0000BB">child2 </span><span style="color: #007700">extends </span><span style="color: #0000BB">dad </span><span style="color: #007700">{<br /> function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">child2</span><span style="color: #007700">()<br /> {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"I'm " </span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">get_parent_class</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'child2'</span><span style="color: #007700">) , </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"'s son too\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$foo </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">child</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bar </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">child2</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> <div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div> <div class="example-contents screen"> <div class="cdata"><pre> I'm dad's son I'm dad's son too </pre></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.get-parent-class-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <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> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.get-object-vars.html">get_object_vars</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.interface-exists.html">interface_exists</a></div> <div class="up"><a 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