PHP equivalent of Python's __name__ == “__main__”?

Question

As per the title, is there PHP equivalent of __name__ == \"__main__\"?

Is there something that would work for both scripts executed through the command line

Answer 1

You probably want one of the "Magic Constants". Depending on what you are trying to do, __FILE__, __FUNCTION__ or __CLASS__ may give you the information you are after.

They are pretty self explanatory:

• __FILE__gives you the current file name
• __FUNCTION__ gives you the name of the current function
• __CLASS__ gives you the name of the current class.

Check the manual for more details