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Bug #41762 Fix of bug #30828 means there is no way to get class name statically.
Submitted: 2007-06-21 12:41 UTC Modified: 2007-06-22 17:58 UTC
From: php at kennel17 dot co dot uk Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.3 OS: N/A
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-06-21 12:41 UTC] php at kennel17 dot co dot uk
Description:
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Before bug #30828 was fixed, debug_backtrace() could be used to get the name of a class when the class was extended from a parent class and being called statically.  The new change removes this functionality, and as far as I can see there is no replacement. Perhaps, I am just unaware of an alternative method of achieving this, but if not then this is a vital piece of functionality that has gone missing!


Reproduce code:
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<?php

  function get_class_static() {
    $bt = debug_backtrace();
    if (isset($bt[1]['object']))
        return get_class($bt[1]['object']);
    else
        return $bt[1]['class'];
  }

  class foo {
    function printClassName() {
      print(get_class_static() . "<br>");
     }
  }

  class bar extends foo {
  }

foo::printClassName();
bar::printClassName();

?>

Expected result:
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In PHP4 the output was:

foo
bar

Actual result:
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In PHP5 the output is:

foo
foo

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 [2007-06-21 22:45 UTC] johannes@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

Maybe we get a proper implementation for late static binding till then there is no reliable way to get the information.
 
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