Re: getting a function name of the calling function

What I am trying to do is create an error message within in a string that whenever each function fails it echos this particular string out with it's pertinent information. i.e. <? $error_string = "Warning: unable to complete query in ".__FUNCTION__."name in ".__FILE__; function some_funct($var) { global $error_string; //doing something //error detected echo $error_string; } ?> Does this sounds feasible or is there another way to generate a dynamic error message without giving the user to much information about the error if it occurs? -josh "Cc Zona" <email@cczona.com> wrote in message news:email-722911.20311301052002@pb1.pair.com... > In article <20020501200339.14611.qmail@pb1.pair.com>, > josh@acsurf.net (Joshua E Minnie) wrote: > > > Does anybody know of any constants or predefined functions that will > > retrieve the calling functions name? For example: > > > > <? > > function new_func($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