Get class name
<?php class Person { private $name; private $age; private $id; function __construct( $name, $age ) { $this->name = $name; $this->age = $age; } function setId( $id ) { $this->id = $id; } function __clone() { $this->id = 0; } } $p = new Person("A",10); print get_class( $p ); if ( get_class( $p ) == 'Person' ) { print "\$p is a Person object\n"; } ?>