Using get_class() in superclass

<?php
abstract class bar {
public function __construct()
{
var_dump(get_class($this));
var_dump(get_class());
}
}

class foo extends bar {
}

new foo;
?>

The above example will output:

string(3) "foo"
string(3) "bar"

Reference:
http://cn.php.net/manual/en/function.get-class.php