get_class_name

[eluser]PhilTem[/eluser]
I use this code in MY_Model which returns the name of the class that extends MY_Model

Code:

/**
* Returns the name fhe instantiated class
*
*
* @access protected
*
* @param bool $ucfirst Whether to upper-case the first character
*
* @return string Returns the classes name
*/
protected function _class_name($ucfirst = FALSE)
{
    return ( $ucfirst ? ucfirst(get_class($this)) : get_class($this) );
}

Maybe it helps you

For non-instantiated classes you might need to replace $this with self, but dunno if this code snippet works with non-instantiated classes