[PHP-DOC] cvs: phpdoc /en/language constants.xml

[Philip Olson]

philip          Sat Aug 14 01:59:20 2004 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /phpdoc/en/language constants.xml 
  Log:
  Mention how some values are case-sensitive in PHP 5.  __FILE__ returns the filename
  of the include, not the parent.  And See Also.
  
  
http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/language/constants.xml?r1=1.38&r2=1.39&ty=u
Index: phpdoc/en/language/constants.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/language/constants.xml:1.38 phpdoc/en/language/constants.xml:1.39
--- phpdoc/en/language/constants.xml:1.38       Mon May 24 16:13:57 2004
+++ phpdoc/en/language/constants.xml    Sat Aug 14 01:59:20 2004
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.38 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.39 $ -->
  <chapter id="language.constants">
   <title>Constants</title>
 
@@ -188,32 +188,44 @@
        <row>
         <entry><constant>__FILE__</constant></entry>
         <entry>
-         The full path and filename of the file.
+         The full path and filename of the file.  If used inside an include,
+         the name of the included file is returned.
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><constant>__FUNCTION__</constant></entry>
         <entry>
-         The function name. (This was added in PHP 4.3.0.)
+         The function name. (Added in PHP 4.3.0)  As of PHP 5 this constant 
+         returns the function name as it was declared (case-sensitive).  In
+         PHP 4 its value is always lowercased.
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><constant>__CLASS__</constant></entry>
         <entry>
-         The class name. (This was added in PHP 4.3.0.)
+         The class name. (Added in PHP 4.3.0)  As of PHP 5 this constant 
+         returns the class name as it was declared (case-sensitive).  In PHP
+         4 its value is always lowercased.
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><constant>__METHOD__</constant></entry>
         <entry>
-         The class method name. (This was added in PHP 5.0.0)
+         The class method name. (Added in PHP 5.0.0)  The method name is
+         returned as it was declared (case-sensitive).
         </entry>
        </row>
       </tbody>
      </tgroup>
     </table>
    </para>
-
+   <para>
+    See also 
+    <function>get_class</function>,
+    <function>get_object_vars</function>,
+    <function>file_exists</function>&listendand;
+    <function>function_exists</function>.
+   </para>
   </sect1>
  </chapter>