Are there any potential pitfalls in trying to determine the class name before it is instantiated in PHP?

Trying to determine the class name before it is instantiated in PHP can lead to errors if the class does not exist or is not autoloaded. To solve this issue, you can use the `class_exists()` function to check if the class exists before trying to instantiate it. 

if (class_exists('ClassName')) {
    $object = new ClassName();
} else {
    echo 'Class does not exist';
}

Keywords

reflection get_class late static binding class_exists autoloading

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