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	Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006

class_parents

(PHP 5)

class_parents -- Return the parent classes of the given class

Description

array class_parents ( mixed class [, bool autoload] )

This function returns an array with the name of the parent classes of the given class.

Parameters

class: An object (class instance) or a string (class name).
autoload: Whether to allow this function to load the class automatically through the __autoload magic method. Defaults to TRUE.

Return Values

Returns an array or FALSE on error.

ChangeLog

Version	Description
5.1.0	Added the option to pass the `class` parameter as a string. Added the `autoload` parameter.

Examples

Example 1. class_parents() example

<?php

class foo { }
class bar extends foo {}

print_r(class_parents(new bar));

// since PHP 5.1 you may also specify the parameter as a string
print_r(class_parents('bar'));


function __autoload($class_name) {
   require_once $class_name . '.php';
}

// use __autoload to load the 'not_loaded' class
print_r(class_parents('not_loaded', true));
?>

The above example will output something similar to: