PHP __DIR__, __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __CLASS__, __METHOD__, __LINE__, __NAMESPACE__
PHP has large number of predefined constants. This HOWTO will present the seven most important, most practical and most useful PHP Magic Constants.
- __FILE__ – The full path and filename of the file.
- __DIR__ – The directory of the file.
- __FUNCTION__ – The function name.
- __CLASS__ – The class name.
- __METHOD__ – The class method name.
- __LINE__ – The current line number of the file.
- __NAMESPACE__ – The name of the current namespace
This is example PHP script with comments, which demonstrate howto use all previously mentioned PHP Magic Constants.
<?php // Set namespace (works only with PHP 5.3) namespace TestProject; // This prints file full path and name echo "This file full path and file name is '" . __FILE__ . "'.\n"; // This prints file full path, without file name echo "This file full path is '" . __DIR__ . "'.\n"; // This prints current line number on file echo "This is line number " . __LINE__ . ".\n"; // Really simple basic test function function test_function_magic_constant() { echo "This is from '" . __FUNCTION__ . "' function.\n"; } // Prints function and used namespace test_function_magic_constant(); // Really simple class for testing magic constants class TestMagicConstants { // Prints class name public function printClassName() { echo "This is " . __CLASS__ . " class.\n"; } // Prints class and method name public function printMethodName() { echo "This is " . __METHOD__ . " method.\n"; } // Prints function name public function printFunction() { echo "This is function '" . __FUNCTION__ . "' inside class.\n"; } // Prints namespace name (works only with PHP 5.3) public function printNamespace() { echo "Namespace name is '" . __NAMESPACE__ . "'.\n"; } } // Create new TestMagicConstants class $test_magic_constants = new TestMagicConstants; // This prints class name and used namespace $test_magic_constants->printClassName(); // This prints method name and used namespace $test_magic_constants->printMethodName(); // This prints function name inside class and used namespace // same as method name, but without class $test_magic_constants->printFunction(); // This prints namespace name (works only with PHP 5.3) $test_magic_constants->printNamespace(); ?>
Output
This file full path and file name is '/tmp/magic_constants/magic.php'. This file full path is '/tmp/magic_constants'. This is line number 13. This is from 'TestProject\test_function_magic_constant' function. This is TestProject\TestMagicConstants class. This is TestProject\TestMagicConstants::printMethodName method. This is function 'printFunction' inside class. Namespace name is 'TestProject'.
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