11.3. Objects and Classes

These functions return information about objects and classes.

string get_class(object variable)

The get_class function (Listing 11.72) returns the name of the class for the given object. From within a class method, you may use the __CLASS__ constant to get the same value. Note that PHP always returns class names in all lowercase.

Listing 11.72. get_class
<?php
    class animal
    {
        var $name;
    }

    $gus = new animal;

    print("Gus is of type " . get_class($gus) . "<br>\n");
?>

array get_class_methods(string class)array get_class_methods(object instance)

The get_class_methods function (Listing 11.73) returns an array of the names of the methods for the given class. You may give the class name or an instance of the class.

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