Get instance of child in parent class

oop, parent-child, php

Solution

There is a function `get_called_class()` what you are exactly looking for.

class Parent1 {
    public static function whoAmI() {
        return get_called_class();
    }
}

class Child1 extends Parent1 {}

print Child1::whoAmI(); // prints "Child1"

Problem

Is there any way how to determine instance of child in parent class in PHP? Let's say we have this code: ``` class Parent { public function InstanceOfChild() { //What to put here to display "Child class is instance of ChildClass123"? } } class ChildClass123 extends Parent { //Some code here } ``` What I need to do (if it's possible) is create method `InstanceOfChild()` which will tell me instance of child class, because a lot of classes can be child of my parent one, but I want to (let's say) log, which child call which methods. Thanks for help!

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