Function Name In A Method

The magic constants give information on the context of execution of the code. __METHOD__ gives the name of the method, and its related class. __CLASS__ gives the name of the current class, whatever the method. And __FUNCTION__ gives the name of the current function, or, also, the name of the method, though without the name of the class.

Basically, __METHOD__ === __CLASS__ .'::'. __FUNCTION__.

Also, just for fun, you can also use __METHOD__ in a function, and you’ll get the same as __FUNCTION__. The opposite, as we can see, is not true.

See Also

• Magic constants [Try me]

PHP Features

• magic-constant

• method

• function