From: msaspence at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: new function get_object_name()
Description: ------------ Currently to get the objects variable name within the object you must pass it as a parameter and have the constructor define it. This solution while simple would be tidier if there was a function that could retrieve the object's variable instance from inside itself. Reproduce code: --------------- Currently <?php class myClass { function __construct($objectName) { $this->objectName = $objectName; } function printName() { echo "the name of this object instance is ".$this->objectName; } } $object = 'myObject'; $$object = new myClass('$object'); $$object->printName(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- How it might be done: <?php class myClass { function printName() { echo "the name of this object instance is ".$this->get_object_name(); } } $object = 'myObject'; $$object = new myClass; $$object->printName(); ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44282&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44282&r=mysqlcfg