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get_parent_class

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

get_parent_class — 检索对象或者类的父级类名

说明

get_parent_class(object|string $object_or_class = ?): string|false

检索对象或者类的父级类名。

参数

object_or_class: 检查的对象或者类名。如果是从对象内的方法中调用此函数，则此参数可选。

返回值

返回 object_or_class 是类名或者类实例的父类名称。

注意:
如果对象没有父类或者指定的类名不存在，则返回 false。

如果在对象外部不带参数调用，则返回 false。

更新日志

版本	说明
8.0.0	`object_or_class` 参数现在仅接受对象或者有效的类名。

示例

示例 #1 使用 get_parent_class()

<?php

class Dad {
    function __construct()
    {
    // implements some logic
    }
}

class Child extends Dad {
    function __construct()
    {
        echo "I'm " , get_parent_class($this) , "'s son\n";
    }
}

class Child2 extends Dad {
    function __construct()
    {
        echo "I'm " , get_parent_class('child2') , "'s son too\n";
    }
}

$foo = new child();
$bar = new child2();

?>

以上示例会输出：

 
I'm Dad's son
I'm Dad's son too

参见

get_class() - 返回对象的类名
is_subclass_of() - 检查对象是否继承或者实现（implement）此类
class_parents() - 返回指定类的父类

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User Contributed Notes 7 notes

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yukal dot alexander at gmail dot com ¶

4 years ago

An output of the entire inheritance chain using closures, recursion, and OOP

class ParentClass {
    public static function getChain() {
        $chain = null;
        return $function = function($className='') use (& $chain, & $function) {
            if (empty($className))
                $className = static::class;

            if (empty($chain))
                $chain = $className;

            $parent = get_parent_class($className);

            if ($parent !== false) {
                $chain .= " > {$parent}";
                return $function($parent);
            }

            return $chain;
        };
    }
}

class Child extends ParentClass {}
class SubChild extends Child {}
class Sub2 extends SubChild {}
class Sub3 extends Sub2 {}
class Sub4 extends Sub3 {}
class Sub5 extends Sub4 {}
class Sub6 extends Sub5 {}
class Sub7 extends Sub6 {}

printf("%s\n", Sub7::getChain()());

$getChain = Sub7::getChain();
printf("%s\n", $getChain('Sub3'));

Output is:
Sub7 > Sub6 > Sub5 > Sub4 > Sub3 > Sub2 > SubChild > Child > ParentClass
Sub3 > Sub2 > SubChild > Child > ParentClass

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jake at qzdesign dot co dot uk ¶

4 years ago

Note that from PHP 5.5 you can also use `parent::class` from within a method, e.g.

<?php
    function child()
    {
        echo "I'm ", parent::class, "'s son\n";
    }
?>

Looks a bit tidier and technically probably more optimal, as it avoids a function call lookup.

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levu ¶

12 years ago

I wrote a simple function doing the reverse thing: get the children:

<?php
function get_child($instance, $classname) {
    $class = $classname;
    $t = get_class($instance);
    while (($p = get_parent_class($t)) !== false) {
        if ($p == $class) {
            return $t;
        }
        $t = $p;
    }
    return false;
}

abstract class A {
    function someFunction() {
        return get_child($this, __CLASS__);
    }
}

class B extends A {

}

class C extends B {

}

$c = new C();
echo $c->someFunction(); //displays B

?>

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matt-php at DONT-SPAM-ME dot bitdifferent dot com ¶

19 years ago

PHP (4 at least, dunno about 5) stores classnames in lower case, so:

<?PHP

class Foo
{
}

class Bar extends Foo
{
}

echo get_parent_class('Bar');

echo "\n";

echo get_parent_class('bar');

?>

will output:

foo
foo

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falundir at gmail dot com ¶

11 years ago

You can use this function to find common parent of multiple objects or classes.

<?php
/**
 * Returns name of the first (in class hierarchy) common parent class of all provided objects or classes.
 * Returns FALSE when common class is not found.
 *
 * @param mixed $objects Array that can contain objects or class names.
 * @return mixed
 */
function get_first_common_parent($objects) {
    $common_ancestors = null;
    foreach($objects as $object) {
        if (is_object($object)) {
            $class_name = get_class($object);
        } else {
            $class_name = $object;
        }
        
        $parent_class_names = array();
        $parent_class_name = $class_name;
        do {
            $parent_class_names[] = $parent_class_name;
        } while($parent_class_name = get_parent_class($parent_class_name));
        
        if ($common_ancestors === null) {
            $common_ancestors = $parent_class_names;
        } else {
            $common_ancestors = array_intersect($common_ancestors, $parent_class_names);
        }
    }
    
    return reset($common_ancestors);
}
?>

Example:

<?php
class A {
}

    class B extends A {
    }
    
        class D extends B {
        }
        
        class E extends B {
        }

    class C extends A {
    }

        class F extends C {
        }
    
            class G extends F {
            }

class H {
}

//returns "A"
get_first_common_parent(array('G', 'E'));

//returns "F"
get_first_common_parent(array(new G(), 'F'));

//returns false (no common parent)
get_first_common_parent(array('C', 'H'));

//returns false (non-existent class provided)
get_first_common_parent(array(new B(), 'X'));
?>

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ssb45 at cornell dot edu ¶

15 years ago

"'If called without parameter outside object' What on earth does that mean?"

There are two places this could be called:
1. From within a member function of an object.  In this case, it may be called with no parameters and will return the parent class of the object owning the member function.  (If the parameter is included, then it will return the parent class of the specified class as normal.)

2. From outside an object (i.e., global or function scope).  In this case, PHP doesn't know what class you're talking about if you don't include a parameter, so it returns FALSE.  (But, of course, it works if you specify the class with the parameter.)

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radu dot rendec at ines dot ro ¶

19 years ago

If the argument obj is a string and the class is not defined, then the function returns FALSE.

If the argument obj is an object created from a class with no ancestors (or a string representing a class with no ancestors), then the function returns FALSE.

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