Simply use get_class()

only problem is, get_class() returns what __CLASS__ returns, the actual class your in, which is nice unless you need to know the class CALLED not the PARENT

extremely simplistic view:

class test {
   function whoami() {
     echo "Hello, I'm whoami 1 !\r\n";
     echo "Value of __CLASS__ : ".__CLASS__."\r\n";
     echo "Value of get_class(\$this) : ".get_class($this)."\r\n\r\n";
     echo "Value of get_class() : ".get_class()."\r\n\r\n";
   }
  }
  class test2 extends test {
  }
  $test=new test;
  $test->whoami();
  $test2=new test2;
  $test2->whoami();

Now, you'll notice that get_class() is always returning the class whoami is in - test, whereas get_class($this) is returning the CHILD class, test2 - bug or feature? in any case it makes using get_class() as useless for me as __CLASS__ , I need to know the class called, not the class the function is in!

oops, here are the results of my little test

Hello, I'm whoami 1 !
Value of __CLASS__ : test
Value of get_class($this) : test

Value of get_class() : test

Hello, I'm whoami 1 !
Value of __CLASS__ : test
Value of get_class($this) : test2

Value of get_class() : test

For PHP 5.0.* use get_parent_class(__CLASS__) or get_parent_class(get_class())

In HEAD i allowed to omit the classname in get_parent_class() now.

strangely enough, in php 5.0.x I can't get get_parent_class(get_class()) or get_parent_class(__CLASS__) to work anywhere - and even though I threw on the lastest snap  of 5.1 get_parent_class() doesn't work yet, but it just might not be compiled in yet...I just get false back

What I'm looking for is for whoami1 to give me the get_class($this) answer from whoami - the actual class called

class test {
   function whoami() {
     echo 'This is class test'."\n";
     echo 'Value of __CLASS__ is '.__CLASS__."\n";
     echo 'Value of get_class() is '.get_class()."\n";
     echo 'Value of get_class($this) is '.get_class($this)."\n";
     echo 'Value of get_parent_class(__CLASS__) is '.get_parent_class(__CLASS__)."\n";
     echo 'Value of get_parent_class(get_class()) is '.get_parent_class(get_class())."\n\n";
   }
    static function whoami1() {
     echo 'This is class test'."\n";
     echo 'Value of __CLASS__ is '.__CLASS__."\n";
     echo 'Value of get_class() is '.get_class()."\n";
     echo 'Value of get_parent_class(__CLASS__) is '.get_parent_class(__CLASS__)."\n";
     echo 'Value of get_parent_class(get_class()) is '.get_parent_class(get_class())."\n\n";
   }
  }
  class test2 extends test {}
  $test=new test;
  $test->whoami();
  $test2=new test2;
  $test2->whoami();
  test::whoami1();
  test2::whoami1();

Results with php 5.0.*

This is class test
Value of __CLASS__ is test
Value of get_class() is test
Value of get_class($this) is test
Value of get_parent_class(__CLASS__) is 
Value of get_parent_class(get_class()) is 

This is class test
Value of __CLASS__ is test
Value of get_class() is test 
Value of get_class($this) is test2
 (note: -> this is what I want, only statically)
Value of get_parent_class(__CLASS__) is 
Value of get_parent_class(get_class()) is 

This is class test
Value of __CLASS__ is test
Value of get_class() is test
Value of get_parent_class(__CLASS__) is 
Value of get_parent_class(get_class()) is 

This is class test
Value of __CLASS__ is test
Value of get_class() is test 
Value of get_parent_class(__CLASS__) is 
Value of get_parent_class(get_class()) is

So I guess the long and short of it is it still doesn't work - I know I'm being a pain :)

This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

Just await 5.0.3, 5.1.0 or the next snaps build....

I don't think you looked closely enough at the example code to understand what I was asking for.  Notice the method I'm calling is the parent, NOT the child.  I need the CHILD name not the PARENT.

I'm extending a class(an abstract one, not that it matters), but need to be able to get the name of the child class called in a method in the parent(abstract) class, because any number of classes could extend the abstract class.  

There's a trick to using get_class() to find out this information, if I call a method normally.  I can do get_class($this) inside the method.  HOWEVER, you can't DO that inside a static method, for obvious reasons there's no $this.  I need a way to do a get_class($this) equivalent in a static method!! - something like get_class(self).  Calling get_parent_class IN the parent class does me no good whatsoever- you just get false all the time.  I already KNOW the parent, I know how to get the parent, but I need the child!

(Actually, the ideal thing would be to fix get_class() so it returns the name of the actual class called, right now it returns whatever class the method happens to be in, and let __CLASS__ be the name of the class the method is actually in.)

If i get you right you want to know to which class the function call was up to? If that's the answer i can tell you that we won't fix it because it would require a new global executor variable.

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

Then this is a won't fix...sigh...wanna set it to that?

I think this was actually fixed in php 5.3 with the function get_called_class()