The idea here is to create a method for logging and debugging purposes, that doesn't require passing said method the associated 'magic constants'.
Effectively, I'm trying to achieve this using a method definition like so:
function Debug($Message,$File=__FILE__,$Line=__LINE__)
{
...
}
The problem I am running in to is that if I define the above method in a file other than the one I am 'debugging', I end up with the file and line from the file the method is defined in, rather than the one I am 'debugging'.
Consider the following set of files:
Debugging.php
<?
function Debug($Message,$File=__FILE__,$Line=__LINE__)
{
echo("$File ( $Line ) :: $Message");
}
?>
Testing.php
<?
Debug("Some message");
?>
Output:
Debugging.php ( 1 ) :: Some message
When the invocation of the message occurred in the second file - which, as should be clear by this point, isn't the intended implementation. I could of course pass the 'Debug' method those magic constants at the time of invocation, but I'm looking to eliminate unnecessary code if possible.