Question

I have a class Injector whichs uses get_class($this) to get the class using Injector, to load some data in the class from db or file … it works great with simple inheritance like class User extends Injector.

The problem is: if a class SpecialUser extends User, get_class returns only SpecialUser and User will not filled with needed data. Is there a better solution then loop trouth the classes with get_parent_class()?

thanks

Answer 1

You could use the following:

$names = array();

if ($this instanceof Injector) {
    $class = get_class($this);

    do {
        $names[] = $class;
        $class = get_parent_class($class);
    } while ($class !== 'Injector');
}

Here’s an example of its usage.