::class equivalent in PHP 5.4

Question

I've got a PHP script with the following line:

$class = Connection::class;

This runs as expected on PHP 5.5 as explained here: http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.basic.php#language.oop5.basic.class.class. However, it causes a syntax error in PHP 5.4.

Is there a simple way that I can rewrite this line to run in PHP 5.4?

_However, it causes a syntax error in PHP 5.4._ Go on, give us a clue, **what error** And a bit of code from the class definition would be useful too! — RiggsFolly, Sep 11 '15 at 14:33
Yes, that's the error: `Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'class' (T_CLASS), expecting identifier (T_STRING) or variable (T_VARIABLE) or '{' or '$' in ...` — Ben Cook, Sep 11 '15 at 14:46
Check the answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/34181247/1529532 — R Picheta, Jun 05 '17 at 15:25

Kevin_Kinsey · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-11T14:39:52.883

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See if this does it for you:

$class = __NAMESPACE__ ."\\".get_class($connection_object);

edited Sep 11 '15 at 14:39

answered Sep 11 '15 at 14:34

Kevin_Kinsey

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