How to get the name of child class from base class when an object of child class is created

Question

I want to get the name of my child class in the base class so that whenever an object of child class is created I get the name of the child class in my base class. Something

Answer 1

You can use get_class() passing it the current object reference, like so:

class Base_class {

    function __construct() {
        $calledClassName = get_class($this);
    }

}

Edit: You can find more info on get_class() in the PHP manual http://php.net/manual/en/function.get-class.php