- spl_object_hash: documentation ( source)
<?php
class Foo {
public function getAssignedVariable() {
$hash = function($object) {
return spl_object_hash($object);
};
$self = $hash($this);
foreach ($GLOBALS as $key => $value) {
if ($value instanceof Foo && $self == $hash($value)) {
return $key;
}
}
}
}
$a = new Foo;
$b = new Foo;
echo '$' . $a->getAssignedVariable(), PHP_EOL; // $a
echo '$' . $b->getAssignedVariable(), PHP_EOL; // $b