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

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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