PHP Manual . Prev . Next . PHP 4 >= 4.0.0) get_class -- Returns the name of the class of an object . string get_class ( object obj) . This function returns the name of the class of which the object obj is an instance. Returns FALSE if obj is not an object. Note: get_class() returns a user defined class name in lowercase. A class defined in a PHP extension is returned in its original notation. See also get_parent_class() , get_type() , and is_subclass_of() . ...