Req #63629 [Opn->Fbk]: New constant __ALIAS__ for trait functions to know how they were called

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63629&edit=1 ID: 63629 Updated by: laruence@php.net Reported by: spamfreedave-zend at yahoo dot com Summary: New constant __ALIAS__ for trait functions to know how they were called -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues Operating System: Mac OSX PHP Version: 5.4.9 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: could you explain a little more: what i " some interesting dynamic behavior" ? I mean , the real use case. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-11-27 18:52:27] spamfreedave-zend at yahoo dot com Description: ------------ I would like my trait functions to know what alias (if any) was used to call them. The idea came from discovering that you can give a trait function multiple aliases (see Test Script). It occurs to me that you could have some interesting dynamic behavior if the trait function was able to determine what name (alias) was used to call it. If possible, a new constant __ALIAS__ could be created to store this value. Thank you for your consideration. Test script: --------------- <?php trait TestTrait { public function test() { print __FUNCTION__ . ', ' . __ALIAS__ . "\n"; } } class TestClass { use TestTrait { test as test2; test as test1; } } $c = new TestClass(); $c->test1(); $c->test2(); Expected result: ---------------- test, test1 test, test2 Actual result: -------------- test, __ALIAS__ test, __ALIAS__ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63629&edit=1