The event name is the name given when the event is fired to identify different events within the same class.
You can either give a single event name or a comma-separated list of event names in which case the event listener listens to all of the listed events.
+!!! info "Since the introduction of [the new event system with version 5.5](../../migration/wsc54/php.md#events), the event name is optional and defaults to `:default`."
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### `<listenerclassname>`
The listener class name is the name of the class which is triggered if the relevant event is fired.