Question

In one class I call $this->view() which will be handled by its extended class. But how can I get the name of the method in the parent view();

To make it somewhat clearer:

<?php
class UsersController extends Controller
    public function signup() {
        $this->view();
    }
}
class Controller {
    public function view() {
        // How can I get 'signup' so that I can include 'views/Users/signup.php'
    }
}
?>

Answer 1

While you could, in theory, determine the name of the calling method with debug_bugtrace, the far simpler (and therefore better) solution is:

class UsersController extends Controller
    public function signup() {
        $this->view(__FUNCTION__);
    }
    public function signup_from_facebook() {
        // Do some facebook-y stuff here
        $this->view('signup');
    }
}
class Controller {
    public function view($page) {
        include 'views/Users/' . $page . '.php';
    }
}