show array name

[hygum]

is there a function, that can echo/print the name of an array, so when
i dump the array, it also says the name? For instance:

echo array_name($mya rray);

outputs:
myarray

[Mateusz Markowski]

Re: show array name


hygum napisal(a):

is there a function, that can echo/print the name of an array, so when
i dump the array, it also says the name? For instance:
>
echo array_name($mya rray);
>
outputs:
myarray

Could you explain why do you want to do this?

If you have written "$myarray" it means that you know the name of the
array, so you can just write:
echo "\$myarray"

[Colin Fine]

Re: show array name

hygum wrote:

is there a function, that can echo/print the name of an array, so when
i dump the array, it also says the name? For instance:
>
echo array_name($mya rray);
>
outputs:
myarray
>

It's hard to see how there could be.

$myarray = array( ... );
$otherarray = &$myarray;

Then you want

array_name($mya rray);

to produce a different result from

array_name($oth erarray);

Do you see the problem?

Colin

[Chung Leong]

Re: show array name


hygum wrote:

is there a function, that can echo/print the name of an array, so when
i dump the array, it also says the name? For instance:
>
echo array_name($mya rray);
>
outputs:
myarray

This question pops up every now and then. The answer is you can use
debug_backtrace () to get the source file and line number of the calling
function, from which you can then extract the variable name with
regexp. Not a foolproof technique and should only for debugging
purpose.

Do a search for debug_backtrace in this group and you should find a
working example I posted a few years ago.

[hygum]

Re: show array name

i dont know the name of the array, though i understand why you ask

i want a function, that dumps an array nicely, to write something like
this:

array $myarray

(
0 =duck
1 =eagle
2 =hen
)

for debugging. Then i dont have to insert an echo like the one you
suggest.

Mateusz Markowski wrote:

hygum napisal(a):

is there a function, that can echo/print the name of an array, so when
i dump the array, it also says the name? For instance:

echo array_name($mya rray);

outputs:
myarray

>
Could you explain why do you want to do this?
>
If you have written "$myarray" it means that you know the name of the
array, so you can just write:
echo "\$myarray"