--TEST-- ReflectionClass::getName() --FILE-- <?php class TrickClass { function __toString() { //Return the name of another class return "Exception"; } } $r1 = new ReflectionClass("stdClass"); $myInstance = new stdClass; $r2 = new ReflectionClass($myInstance); $r3 = new ReflectionClass("TrickClass"); var_dump($r1->getName(), $r2->getName(), $r3->getName()); ?> --EXPECTF-- string(8) "stdClass" string(8) "stdClass" string(10) "TrickClass"