How to tell what class you extends?

Question

Is there a function that tells what class you are extending? Like function_exists?

I want to use this in an __autoload function that if it detects a class that extends mysqli, then I will automatically connect it to the database.

If there is a better way to do this then I will appreciate it.

Thanks!

Answer 1

class foo { };
class bar extends foo {};
$bar = new bar();
echo get_parent_class($bar);

assuming bar extends foo, should echo foo