finding the name of method i am in

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How can i find the name of the method i am using in php? I found how to do this in C but not in PHP. I found a Q on here which roughly talked about magic constants (here) but I didn't really get it. In the following example I want $thisMethodName to be 'model_databaseLogin'

EG:

public function model_databaseLogin()
{
$thisMethodName = ... ;
return $this->model_methodCheck( $thisMethodName );
}

Is this possible in php?

@DragoonWraith: I'm sure there is at least several hundreds of duplicates here ;-) — zerkms, Aug 02 '12 at 22:41
@zerkms: quite probably. Feel kinda dumb for answering first and looking second, but then that was probably John's job, not mine. — KRyan, Aug 02 '12 at 22:41

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 02 '12 at 22:41

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You need the "magic constant" __METHOD__. The magic constant docs should be helpful.

So your code would be:

public function model_databaseLogin() {
    $thisMethodName = __METHOD__;
    return $this->model_methodCheck($thisMethodName);
}

edited Aug 02 '12 at 22:41

madfriend

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answered Aug 02 '12 at 22:37

KRyan

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Thanks, Constants are still pretty new, cheers! – Aug 02 '12 at 22:47

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 02 '12 at 22:39

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The simplest answer is the magic constants to which you refer; specifically __FUNCTION__

These are called "magic" because their value is actually contextually dynamic.

public function model_databaseLogin()
{
$thisMethodName = __FUNCTION__;
return $this->model_methodCheck( $thisMethodName );
}

There is another way, via debug_backtrace(), but that is decidedly less efficient!

answered Aug 02 '12 at 22:39

Chris Trahey

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Thanks, perfect. A lot easier than I thought! – Aug 02 '12 at 22:45

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