Grabbing the page template name?

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I am attempting to compare a username to a page template name. I found the following code:

get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_wp_page_template', true );

But this isn’t quite what I am looking for. This returns the filename of the page template, IE:

templates/page-products.php

What I am looking for is the actual template name defined in the page template here:

/*
Template Name: products
*/

Is this possible?

2 Answers
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An alternative to @Ben Cole that’s less intensive (especially if you have several page templates), but not as awesome because it doesn’t use the WP_Theme object 😉

function wpse_184317_get_template_name( $page_id = null ) {
    if ( ! $template = get_page_template_slug( $page_id ) )
        return;
    if ( ! $file = locate_template( $template ) )
        return;

    $data = get_file_data(
        $file,
        array(
            'Name' => 'Template Name',
        )
    );

    return $data['Name'];
}

And in use:

echo wpse_184317_get_template_name(); // Template name for current page
echo wpse_184317_get_template_name( 14 ); // Template name for page ID 14

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