PHP5.5 New features

Class name resolution via ::class ¶

It is possible to use ClassName::class to get a fully qualified name of class ClassName. For example:

<?php
namespace Name\Space;
class ClassName {}

echo ClassName::class;

echo "\n";
?>

The above example will output:

Name\Space\ClassName

转自 http://php.net/manual/en/migration55.new-features.php