php class parent,PHP: get_parent_class - Manual

An output of the entire inheritance chain using closures, recursion, and OOP

class ParentClass {

public static function getChain() {

$chain = null;

return $function = function($className='') use (& $chain, & $function) {

if (empty($className))

$className = static::class;

if (empty($chain))

$chain = $className;

$parent = get_parent_class($className);

if ($parent !== false) {

$chain .= " > {$parent}";

return $function($parent);

}

return $chain;

};

}

}

class Child extends ParentClass {}

class SubChild extends Child {}

class Sub2 extends SubChild {}

class Sub3 extends Sub2 {}

class Sub4 extends Sub3 {}

class Sub5 extends Sub4 {}

class Sub6 extends Sub5 {}

class Sub7 extends Sub6 {}

printf("%s\n", Sub7::getChain()());

$getChain = Sub7::getChain();

printf("%s\n", $getChain('Sub3'));

Output is:

Sub7 > Sub6 > Sub5 > Sub4 > Sub3 > Sub2 > SubChild > Child > ParentClass

Sub3 > Sub2 > SubChild > Child > ParentClass