PhpToken::getTokenName
(PHP 8)
PhpToken::getTokenName — Returns the name of the token.
Description
public PhpToken::getTokenName ( ) : string|null
Returns the name of the token.
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return Values
An ASCII character for single-char tokens, or one of T_* constant names for known tokens (see List of Parser Tokens), or null for unknown tokens.
Examples
Example #1 PhpToken::getTokenName() example
<?php
// known token
$token = new PhpToken(T_ECHO, 'echo');
var_dump($token->getTokenName()); // -> string(6) "T_ECHO"
// single-char token
$token = new PhpToken(ord(';'), ';');
var_dump($token->getTokenName()); // -> string(1) ";"
// unknown token
$token = new PhpToken(10000 , "\0");
var_dump($token->getTokenName()); // -> NULL See Also
- PhpToken::tokenize() - Splits given source into PHP tokens, represented by PhpToken objects.
- token_name() - Get the symbolic name of a given PHP token
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