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<div id="function.token-name" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<h1 class="refname">token_name</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">token_name</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get the symbolic name of a given PHP token</span></p>
</div>
<a name="function.token-name.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><b>token_name</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <tt class="parameter">$token</tt></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<b>token_name()</b> gets the symbolic name for a PHP
<i><tt class="parameter">token</tt></i>
value.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.token-name.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">token</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
The token value.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.token-name.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The symbolic name of the given <i><tt class="parameter">token</tt></i>
. The returned
name returned matches the name of the matching token constant.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.token-name.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 <b>token_name()</b> example</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// 260 is the token value for the T_REQUIRE token<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">token_name</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">260</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// -> "T_REQUIRE"<br /><br />// a token constant maps to its own name<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">token_name</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">T_FUNCTION</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// -> "T_FUNCTION"<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
</div><p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.token-name.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="tokens.php" class="link">List of Parser Tokens</a></li>
</ul><p>
</p>
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