(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)
Creates an alias for a class
bool class_alias ( string $original, string $alias [, bool $autoload = TRUE ] )
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.
Returns:
Returns TRUE
on success or FALSE
on failure.
Examples:
class_alias() example
<?php class foo { } class_alias('foo', 'bar'); $a = new foo; $b = new bar; // the objects are the same var_dump($a == $b, $a === $b); var_dump($a instanceof $b); // the classes are the same var_dump($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)
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