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<refentry id="function.token-name">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>token_name</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get the symbolic name of a given PHP token</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>token_name</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>token</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>token_name</function> gets the symbolic name for a PHP 
   <parameter>token</parameter> value. 
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>token</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The token value.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The symbolic name of the given <parameter>token</parameter>. The returned
   name returned matches the name of the matching token constant.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>token_name</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// 260 is the token value for the T_REQUIRE token
echo token_name(260);        // -> "T_REQUIRE"

// a token constant maps to its own name
echo token_name(T_FUNCTION); // -> "T_FUNCTION"
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><link linkend="tokens">List of Parser Tokens</link></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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