Does PHP allow class functions & properties to share the same name?

Question

An old colleague of mine wrote this in our code:

public function paginate() {
    return $this->paginate;
}

And I was wondering: does this return the function paginate() or the class property $paginate?

I'm guessing the latter, but it is strange that I haven't found any information on this subject.

Answer 1

That returns the class property $paginate.

If it was return $this->someName();

then it returns function someName().