Question

I need to check if a property exists and this works:

class someClass {
  protected $some_var

  public static function checkProperty($property) {
    if(!property_exists(get_class()) ) {
      return true;
    } else return false;
  }
}

But now when I try to extend the class, it doesn’t work anymore.

class someChild extends someClass {
  protected $child_property;

}


someChild::checkProperty('child_property'); // false

How do I get the functionality I want? I tried replacing get_class() with $this, self, static, nothing works.

Answer 1

I believe I’ve found the correct answer. For static methods, use get_called_class().

Perhaps $this works for object methods.