strip_namespace()

Description

strip_namespace() returns a class or object's class name, minus the namespace.

public string strip_namespace(string|object $item);

Parameters

The input parameters are:

• $item - the item to examine. Must an object, or a string containing the name of a valid class, interface or trait.

Return Value

strip_namespace() returns a string. It contains the name of the class or object, without the namespace portion of the name.

Throws

strip_namespace() throws these exceptions:

• if $item is not an object or string, InvalidArgumentException is thrown
• if $item is a string, but does not contain a defined class, interface or trait, InvalidArgumentException is thrown

Works With

strip_namespace() is supported on these versions of PHP: