Get instance of child in parent class

Question

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!

Answer 1

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"