Re: getting a function name of the calling function

In article <20020501200339.14611.qmail@pb1.pair.com>, josh@acsurf.net (Joshua E Minnie) wrote: > Does anybody know of any constants or predefined functions that will > retrieve the calling functions name? For example: > > <? > function new_func($somedata) { > echo "I am function ".get_func_name(); > } > ?> What would be the point of this? How could you call the function to get the info without already having the info in the first place? If calling with a variable ("$foo();"), then you have the variable. If the call is hardcoded ("new_func();") then of course you know the name there too. Perhaps if you explained what you're trying to accomplish... -- CC