ReflectionClass::getShortName

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)

ReflectionClass::getShortName — Gets short name

Description

public string ReflectionClass::getShortName ( void )

Gets the short name of the class, the part without the namespace.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

The class short name.

Examples

Example #1 ReflectionClass::getShortName() example

<?php
namespace A\B;

class Foo { }

$function = new \ReflectionClass('stdClass');

var_dump($function->inNamespace());
var_dump($function->getName());
var_dump($function->getNamespaceName());
var_dump($function->getShortName());

$function = new \ReflectionClass('A\\B\\Foo');

var_dump($function->inNamespace());
var_dump($function->getName());
var_dump($function->getNamespaceName());
var_dump($function->getShortName());
?>

The above example will output:

bool(false)
string(8) "stdClass"
string(0) ""
string(8) "stdClass"

bool(true)
string(7) "A\B\Foo"
string(3) "A\B"
string(3) "Foo"

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