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PHP : Function Reference : Tokenizer Functions : token_name

token_name

Get the symbolic name of a given PHP token (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
string token_name ( int token )

token_name() gets the symbolic name for a PHP token value.

Parameters

token: The token value.

Return Values

The symbolic name of the given token. The returned name returned matches the name of the matching token constant.

Examples

Example 2560. token_name() example

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<?php
// 260 is the token value for the T_REQUIRE token
echo token_name(260);        // -> "T_REQUIRE"


// a token constant maps to its own name
echo token_name(T_FUNCTION); // -> "T_FUNCTION"
?>

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List of Parser Tokens

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