How to get the name of child class from base class when an object of child class is created

Question

I want to get the name of my child class in the base class so that whenever an object of child class is created I get the name of the child class in my base class. Something

Answer 1

Well, just pass it explicitly then:

class BaseClass{

  function __construct($tableName){
    // do stuff w/ $tableName
  }

}

class ChildClass extends BaseClass{

  function __construct(){
    parent::__construct('ChildClass');
  }

}