Comments on: Debugging PHP with Magic Constants http://www.ebrueggeman.com/blog/php/debugging_php_constants/ Tips and Tricks for Web Developers Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:21:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Cypher http://www.ebrueggeman.com/blog/php/debugging_php_constants/#comment-28 Cypher Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:44:11 +0000 http://www.ebrueggeman.com/blog/php/debugging_php_constants/#comment-28 You are saying "The constant __FUNCTION__ will return the same method information when a function is inside of a class, so you can just use __FUNCTION__ instead of __METHOD__." It's not true. Let's say you have class like this: class MyClass { function myFunc() { throw new Exception(__FUNCTION__); } function myMeth() { throw new Exception(__METHOD__); } } The result you will get by calling MyClass->myFunc will be "myFunc" whereas the result from myMeth will be "MyClass::myMeth". You are saying “The constant __FUNCTION__ will return the same method information when a function is inside of a class, so you can just use __FUNCTION__ instead of __METHOD__.”

It’s not true. Let’s say you have class like this:

class MyClass
{
function myFunc()
{
throw new Exception(__FUNCTION__);
}

function myMeth()
{
throw new Exception(__METHOD__);
}
}

The result you will get by calling MyClass->myFunc will be “myFunc” whereas the result from myMeth will be “MyClass::myMeth”.

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