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title: "JavaScript classkit_method_rename function"
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- /functions/view/classkit_method_rename:767
- /functions/view/classkit_method_rename
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- /functions/classkit_method_rename:767
- /functions/767
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A JavaScript equivalent of PHP's classkit_method_rename

{% codeblock classkit/classkit_method_rename.js lang:js https://raw.github.com/kvz/phpjs/master/functions/classkit/classkit_method_rename.js raw on github %}
function classkit_method_rename (classname, methodname, newname) {
  // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
  // +   original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // *     example 1: classkit_method_rename('someClass', 'someMethod', 'newMethod');
  // *     returns 1: true

  if (typeof classname === 'string') {
    classname = this.window[classname];
  }

/*
  var method = classname[methodname]; // Static
  classname[newname] = method;
  delete classname[methodname];
  */

  var method = classname.prototype[methodname];
  classname.prototype[newname] = method;
  delete classname.prototype[methodname];

  return true;
}
{% endcodeblock %}

 - [view on github](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/blob/master/functions/classkit/classkit_method_rename.js)
 - [edit on github](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/edit/master/functions/classkit/classkit_method_rename.js)

### Example 1
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
classkit_method_rename('someClass', 'someMethod', 'newMethod');
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
true
{% endcodeblock %}


### Other PHP functions in the classkit extension
{% render_partial _includes/custom/classkit.html %}