get_parent_class Retrieves the parent class name for object or class Description stringget_parent_class mixedobj If obj is an object, returns the name of the parent class of the class of which obj is an instance. If obj is a string, returns the name of the parent class of the class with that name. This functionality was added in PHP 4.0.5. Using <function>get_parent_class</function> ]]> The output is: See also get_class and is_subclass_of.