Magic constants

There are a few magical constants that change depending on where they are used. For example, the value of __LINE__ depends on the line that it's used on in a script. All these "magical" constants are resolved at compile time, unlike regular constants, which are resolved at runtime. These special constants are case-insensitive and are as follows:

PHP's magic constants
NameDescription
__LINE__The current line number of the file.
__FILE__The full path and filename of the file with symlinks resolved. If used inside an include, the name of the included file is returned.
__DIR__The directory of the file. If used inside an include, the directory of the included file is returned. This is equivalent to dirname(__FILE__). This directory name does not have a trailing slash unless it is the root directory.
__FUNCTION__The function name, or {closure} for anonymous functions.
__CLASS__The class name. The class name includes the namespace it was declared in (e.g. Foo\Bar). When used inside a trait method, __CLASS__ is the name of the class the trait is used in.
__TRAIT__The trait name. The trait name includes the namespace it was declared in (e.g. Foo\Bar).
__METHOD__The class method name.
__PROPERTY__Only valid inside a property hook. It is equal to the name of the property.
__NAMESPACE__The name of the current namespace.
ClassName::classThe fully qualified class name.

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