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Laravel 5: Getting the Class Name for an Object Instance With class_basename

By John Koster

The class_basename function will return the name of the class represented by the provided value.

#Signature

The signature of the class_basename function is:

1function class_basename(

2    $class

3);

#Example Use

The class_basename will return the base name of the given $class. The examples that follow will use the classes defined below:

 1<?php

 2

 3class Object { }

 4

 5class Person extends Object { }

 6

 7class Manager extends Person { }

 8

 9class Executive extends Manager { }

10

11class BoardMember extends Executive { }

12

13$object      = new Object;

14$person      = new Person;

15$manager     = new Manager;

16$executive   = new Executive;

17$boardMember = new BoardMember;

The following examples will demonstrate what output is typical of the class_basename function. The string returned will appear above the function class as a comment.

 1// Object

 2$baseName = class_basename($object);

 3

 4// Person

 5$baseName = class_basename($person);

 6

 7// Manager

 8$baseName = class_basename($manager);

 9

10// Executive

11$baseName = class_basename($executive);

12

13// BoardMember

14$baseName = class_basename($boardMember);

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