get_class

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

get_class -- Returns the name of the class of an object

Description

string get_class ( object obj)

This function returns the name of the class of which the object obj is an instance. Returns FALSE if obj is not an object.

Note: get_class() returns a user defined class name in lowercase. A class defined in a PHP extension is returned in its original notation.

See also get_parent_class(), gettype(), and is_subclass_of().