* Thus wrote Torsten Roehr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi,
>
> does anyone know a way of how to get the name of the class within a static
> function? I can't use __CLASS__ as my PHP version is 4.2.3 and I can't
> upgrade.
>
> My code (simplified):
>
> class Base {
> function Factory() {
> $classname = ???;
> return new $classname;
> }
> }
>
> class Event extends Base {
> }
>
> // This should make $event an object of class Event
> $event = Event::Factory();
>
> Of course I could pass the classname as a parameter to the factory method
> like:
> $event = Event::Factory('Event');
>
> But I would like to have a more generic solution. Any hints would be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks in advance!
The only Solution I can come up with:
class Event extends Base {
function Factory() {
return parent::Factory('Event');
}
}
Curt
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