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Request #13944 in a function, I want to know the file/line that CALLED the function
Submitted: 2001-11-05 21:41 UTC Modified: 2003-02-11 12:20 UTC
Votes:10
Avg. Score:4.7 ± 0.6
Reproduced:7 of 7 (100.0%)
Same Version:2 (28.6%)
Same OS:2 (28.6%)
From: tysonlt_SPAM_IS_EVIL at webmedia dot com dot au Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 4.0.6 OS: Linux RH7.1
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2001-11-05 21:41 UTC] tysonlt_SPAM_IS_EVIL at webmedia dot com dot au 
I would love to be able, from within a function, to find out the file/line no that called me.

For example:

/// some code ///
$x = call_a_function();


function call_a_function() {

    echo "MY LOCATION: __FILE__ : __LINE__";

    /*** This is what I would LOVE ***/
    echo "CALLED FROM: __CALLING_FILE__ : __CALLING_LINE__";
}

That would be fantastic!

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 [2002-04-05 10:03 UTC] csaba at ketszeri dot hu 
On the Hungarian PHP list this is frequent question, and surely most of the developers -including me :)- would love it too!

Naturally it is another self-administering task to the interpreter, so I would suggest to make it an optional 'developement-time' feature.

Aabout nested includes: it would be good to return a complex data structure, when the programmer can step-back the calling process.

Csabii
 [2002-04-05 10:45 UTC] derick@php.net 
80% done with this. Just need some more testing.

regards,
Derick
 [2003-02-11 12:20 UTC] derick@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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