Re: can you get the name of an object from within it's own class?

even more... what if I create $c1 as a global instance and then $c1 as a local instance (inside a function) ? won't c1.log overwrite c1.log ? Elias "Marek Kilimajer" <kilimajer@webglobe.sk> wrote in message news:3D86FA6F.1020004@webglobe.sk... > It's not possible, imagine > > $firstname = new flashPash(); > $secondname = $firstname; > > Now is the log name secondname.log or firstname.log. Use new property. > > Simon McKenna wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >I'm new to the php world and have just finished building my first class, > > > >It works pretty well, but i've run into a quandary adding debug code, > >my problem is thus: > > > >Many objects get created by this class, often in the same php script, > >and the debug log is an actual file. At the moment i'm naming the file > >after the name of the class, but what I would really like to do is name > >the log file after the name of the object instantiated from the class. e.g. > > > >class flashPash { > >.... > > $this->fpLog = fopen("flashPash.log","w+"); > >.... > > function debugLog($LogMsg) { > > if (($this->debug == true) && (!empty($this->fpLog))) > > fwrite($this->fpLog,$LogMsg."\n"); > > } > >} > > > >$fpObject = new flashPash(); > >$fpObject->debug = true; > >.... > > > > > >so...is there a way I can get the variable name "fpObject" from within > >flashPash itself? i.e. so I can make the logfile "fpObject.log" instead > >of "flashPash.log" > > > > I realise it would be trivial to create a new property of the class to > >store the debug log filename, but i'm hoping I can avoid this? > > > >"get_object_vars" & "get_class" appear to be heading in the right > >direction...but not quite...so...any ideas? is this actually possible? > >I kinda want to go down the hierarchical tree, instead of going up it :) > > > >thanks for any help. php rocks! > >si > > > > > > > > > > > > >