假设我有这样的PHP代码:

$FooBar = "a string";

然后我需要一个这样的函数:

print_var_name($FooBar);

打印:

FooBar

有什么想法如何实现这一点?这在PHP中可能吗?


当前回答

我实际上有一个有效的用例。

我有一个函数cacheVariable($var)(好吧,我有一个函数缓存($key, $value),但我想有一个函数如上所述)。

目的是:

$colour = 'blue';
cacheVariable($colour);

...

// another session

...

$myColour = getCachedVariable('colour');

我试过了

function cacheVariable($variable) {
   $key = ${$variable}; // This doesn't help! It only gives 'variable'.
   // do some caching using suitable backend such as apc, memcache or ramdisk
}

我也试过

function varName(&$var) {
   $definedVariables = get_defined_vars();
   $copyOfDefinedVariables = array();
   foreach ($definedVariables as $variable=>$value) {
      $copyOfDefinedVariables[$variable] = $value;
   }
   $oldVar = $var;
   $var = !$var;
   $difference = array_diff_assoc($definedVariables, $copyOfDefinedVariables);
   $var = $oldVar;
   return key(array_slice($difference, 0, 1, true));
}

但这也失败了……:(

当然,我可以继续做缓存(' color ', $ color),但我很懒,你知道…;)

所以,我想要的是一个函数,它得到一个变量的原始名称,因为它被传递给一个函数。在函数内部,我不可能知道这一点。在上面的第二个例子中,通过引用传递get_defined_vars()在一定程度上帮助了我(感谢Jean-Jacques Guegan的这个想法)。后一个函数开始工作,但它仍然只返回局部变量('variable',而不是' color ')。

我还没有尝试使用get_func_args()和get_func_arg(), ${}-构造和key()组合,但我认为它也会失败。

其他回答

其他用途:

耸耸肩

function varsToArrayAssoc(...$arguments){
  
    $bt   = debug_backtrace();
    $file = file($bt[0]['file']);
    $src  = $file[$bt[0]['line']-1];
    $pat = '#(.*)'.__FUNCTION__.' *?\( *?(.*) *?\)(.*)#i';
    $vars  =explode(',',substr_replace(trim(preg_replace($pat, '$2', $src)) ,"", -1));
    $result=[];
    foreach(func_get_args() as $key=>$v){
        $index=trim(explode('$',$vars[$key])[1]);
        $result[$index]=$v;
    }
    return $result;
}

$a=12;
$b=13;
$c=123;
$d='aa';

var_dump(varsToArrayAssoc($a,$b,$c,$d));

如果变量是可交换的,那么必须在某个地方有逻辑来决定使用哪个变量。你所需要做的就是在你做其他事情的时候,把变量名放在这个逻辑中的$variable中。

我想我们都很难理解你需要这个做什么。示例代码或对实际要做的事情的解释可能会有所帮助,但我怀疑您想得太多了。

从php.net

@Alexandre -简短的解决方案

<?php
function vname(&$var, $scope=0)
{
    $old = $var;
    if (($key = array_search($var = 'unique'.rand().'value', !$scope ? $GLOBALS : $scope)) && $var = $old) return $key;  
}
?>

@Lucas - usage

<?php
//1.  Use of a variable contained in the global scope (default):
  $my_global_variable = "My global string.";
  echo vname($my_global_variable); // Outputs:  my_global_variable

//2.  Use of a local variable:
  function my_local_func()
  {
    $my_local_variable = "My local string.";
    return vname($my_local_variable, get_defined_vars());
  }
  echo my_local_func(); // Outputs: my_local_variable

//3.  Use of an object property:
  class myclass
  {
    public function __constructor()
    {
      $this->my_object_property = "My object property  string.";
    }
  }
  $obj = new myclass;
  echo vname($obj->my_object_property, $obj); // Outputs: my_object_property
?>

似乎没有人提到这是a)困难和b)不明智的根本原因:

A "variable" is just a symbol pointing at something else. In PHP, it internally points to something called a "zval", which can actually be used for multiple variables simultaneously, either because they have the same value (PHP implements something called "copy-on-write" so that $foo = $bar doesn't need to allocate extra memory straight away) or because they have been assigned (or passed to a function) by reference (e.g. $foo =& $bar). So a zval has no name. When you pass a parameter to a function you are creating a new variable (even if it's a reference). You could pass something anonymous, like "hello", but once inside your function, it's whatever variable you name it as. This is fairly fundamental to code separation: if a function relied on what a variable used to be called, it would be more like a goto than a properly separate function. Global variables are generally considered a bad idea. A lot of the examples here assume that the variable you want to "reflect" can be found in $GLOBALS, but this will only be true if you've structured your code badly and variables aren't scoped to some function or object. Variable names are there to help programmers read their code. Renaming variables to better suit their purpose is a very common refactoring practice, and the whole point is that it doesn't make any difference.

现在,我理解这种调试的愿望(尽管一些建议的用法远远超出了这一点),但作为一种通用的解决方案,它实际上并没有你想象的那么有用:如果你的调试函数说你的变量是“$file”,那仍然可能是你代码中数十个“$file”变量中的任何一个,或者一个你称为“$filename”的变量,但传递给一个参数为“$file”的函数。

更有用的信息是在代码中调用调试函数的位置。因为你可以在你的编辑器中快速找到它,你可以看到你为自己输出的变量,甚至可以一次性将整个表达式传递给它(例如debug('$foo + $bar = ')。($foo + $bar))。

为此,你可以在调试函数的顶部使用这段代码:

$backtrace = debug_backtrace();
echo '# Debug function called from ' . $backtrace[0]['file'] . ' at line ' . $backtrace[0]['line'];

net上的Lucas提供了一种可靠的方法来检查变量是否存在。在他的示例中,他遍历变量的全局变量数组(或作用域数组)的副本,将值更改为随机生成的值,并在复制的数组中检查生成的值。

function variable_name( &$var, $scope=false, $prefix='UNIQUE', $suffix='VARIABLE' ){
    if($scope) {
        $vals = $scope;
    } else {
        $vals = $GLOBALS;
    }
    $old = $var;
    $var = $new = $prefix.rand().$suffix;
    $vname = FALSE;
    foreach($vals as $key => $val) {
        if($val === $new) $vname = $key;
    }
    $var = $old;
    return $vname;
}

然后尝试:

$a = 'asdf';
$b = 'asdf';
$c = FALSE;
$d = FALSE;

echo variable_name($a); // a
echo variable_name($b); // b
echo variable_name($c); // c
echo variable_name($d); // d

一定要查看他在PHP.net上的帖子:http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.php