I think I know what you mean. You could get it to return the name of the class.
eg. class A { function foo () { return get_class($this); } } class B extends A { } class C extends A { } $a = new A(); $b = new B(); $c = new C(); print $a->foo(); print $b->foo(); print $c->foo(); Is this what you mean? Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Eby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 6:29 PM Subject: [PHP] Inheritance and a class function: on what class was it called? > Assume you've got some class that has one or more classes inherited from it. > The parent class has a function that is normally called using the :: > operator (a class function). Assume also that the class function is never > called from an object function. Is it possible to find if the class > function was called on the parent class, or on the child class? > > example: > Class A has a function foo(), callable by A::foo(). Class B extends A. If > outside code makes the call B::foo(), can you tell from within foo() that > the function was called on B and not A? > > I think this is impossible but I want to confirm that suspicion. It's > important that the call B::foo() isn't made from inside any object function, > so that there's no context for the $this variable; the get_class() function > isn't applicable. > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php