Get the name of a variable in PHP

php_get_var_name.php

<?php

class VarName {
    
    function get(&$var, $scope = FALSE, $prefix = 'unique', $suffix = 'value')
    {
        if($scope) $vals = $scope;
        else      $vals = $GLOBALS;
        $old = $var;
        $var = $new = $prefix.rand().$suffix;
        $vname = FALSE;
        foreach($vals as $key => $val) {
          if($val === $new) $vname = $key;
        }
        $var = $old;
        return $vname;
    }
}

$routeName = 'my/api/route';

$varNamer = new VarName();
echo $varNamer->get($routeName)."\n";

... yes it's nasty
... no it isn't used, just POC...