Req #53019 [NEW]: to obtain the name of instance in the ReflectionObject class

From: Operating system: windows PHP version: 5.2.14 Package: Reflection related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:to obtain the name of instance in the ReflectionObject class Description: ------------ why, the property 'name' in the ReflectionObject, returns the name of the class instead of name of instance of class? we have, already the method 'getName' for obtain the class name; Please implements this change, i need to obtain the name of instance inside of constructor and other methods. Test script: --------------- <?php class storage { function __construct(){ $p= new ReflectionObject($this); echo $p->name; } } $mystore = new storage('pub'); //when the object is constructed echo() display 'storage' instead 'mystore' ?> Expected result: ---------------- mystore Actual result: -------------- storage -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53019&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53019&r=mysqlcfg