Bug #61033 [Opn]: __FUNCTION__ doesn't report correctly in alias trait methods

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61033&edit=1 ID: 61033 Updated by: gron@php.net Reported by: marc at easen dot co dot uk Summary: __FUNCTION__ doesn't report correctly in alias trait methods Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Reflection related Operating System: Gentoo PHP Version: 5.4.0RC7 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: While it made sense to change __CLASS__ to report the using class (since a trait is not a class), I do not think that it makes much sense to change __FUNCTION__ to do such magic. __FUNCTION__ referes here to the compile time name of the lexical entity the magic constant is embedded in. Thus, it is the name you'll find in the code. (since there is no lexical entity class, we can fall back to the using class without having to explain to much). (And __TRAIT__ is also not changed on usage when composing traits, it is a lexical reference). That's what comes to my mind when thinking about this question. I would suggest that you write a mail to the internals mailing list to start a discussion. This might still be a controversial thing. I will classify it as intended behavior for the moment Thanks (and please start a discussion on the mailing list if you disagree) Stefan Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-02-09 20:23:48] marc at easen dot co dot uk Description: ------------ The __FUNCTION__ magic constant does not report correctly in aliased methods within traits. When a trait function is called by it's initial name __FUNCTION__ is correct. When it is called by it aliased name __FUNCTION__ still reports as the initial name, but debug_backtrace() reports the aliased method name. Test script: --------------- <?php trait MyTrait { public function foo() { $backtrace = debug_backtrace(); echo '__FUNCTION__ = ' . __FUNCTION__ . PHP_EOL; echo '$backtrace[0][\'function\']) = ' . $backtrace[0]['function'] . PHP_EOL; } } class MyClass { use MyTrait { foo as public bar; } } $instance = new MyClass(); echo 'foo()' . PHP_EOL; $instance->foo(); echo PHP_EOL; echo 'bar()' . PHP_EOL; $instance->bar(); Expected result: ---------------- foo() __FUNCTION__ = foo $backtrace[0]['function']) = foo bar() __FUNCTION__ = bar $backtrace[0]['function']) = bar Actual result: -------------- foo() __FUNCTION__ = foo $backtrace[0]['function']) = foo bar() __FUNCTION__ = foo $backtrace[0]['function']) = bar ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61033&edit=1