Php/docs/function.class-alias
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class_alias
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)
class_alias — Creates an alias for a class
Description
class_alias
( string $original
, string $alias
[, bool $autoload = TRUE
] ) : bool
Creates an alias named alias
based on the user defined class original.
The aliased class is exactly the same as the original class.
Parameters
original- The original class.
alias- The alias name for the class.
autoload- Whether to autoload if the original class is not found.
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 class_alias() example
<?phpclass foo { }class_alias('foo', 'bar');$a = new foo;$b = new bar;// the objects are the samevar_dump($a == $b, $a === $b);var_dump($a instanceof $b);// the classes are the samevar_dump($a instanceof foo);var_dump($a instanceof bar);var_dump($b instanceof foo);var_dump($b instanceof bar);?>
The above example will output:
bool(true) bool(false) bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) bool(true)
See Also
- get_parent_class() - Retrieves the parent class name for object or class
- is_subclass_of() - Checks if the object has this class as one of its parents or implements it
