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  <refentry id="function.get-class">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>get_class</refname>
    <refpurpose>Returns the name of the class of an object</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>string</type><methodname>get_class</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>object</type><parameter>obj</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     This function returns the name of the class of which the
     object <parameter>obj</parameter> is an instance. Returns
     &false; if <parameter>obj</parameter> is not an object.
    </para>
    <note>
     <simpara>
      A class defined in a PHP extension is returned in its original notation.
      In PHP 4 <function>get_class</function> returns a user defined class
      name in lowercase, but in PHP 5 it will return the class name in it's
      original notation too, just like class names from PHP extensions.
     </simpara>
    </note>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title>Using <function>get_class</function></title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

class foo {
    function foo() 
    {
    // implements some logic
    }

    function name() 
    {
        echo "My name is " , get_class($this) , "\n";
    }
}

// create an object
$bar = new foo();

// external call
echo "Its name is " , get_class($bar) , "\n";

// internal call
$bar->name();

?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
      &example.outputs;
      <screen>
<![CDATA[
Its name is foo
My name is foo
]]>
      </screen>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <function>get_parent_class</function>,
     <function>gettype</function>, and 
     <function>is_subclass_of</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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