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Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? [message #180175 is a reply to message #180174]

Tue, 22 January 2013 00:44

Adam Harvey
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:06:46 -0800, cate wrote:
> I can see why this doesn't work:
>
> define ('NL', '<br />');
> echo "This is NL another line";
>
> Is there a way to define a constant variable in PHP?

Not as such — you can define constants with define() or (in 5.3.0+) the
const keyword, but they aren't variables and hence aren't interpolated
into strings, as you've discovered.

As an alternative, there's always:
echo "This is ".NL." another line";

Adam

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		define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: cate on Tue, 22 January 2013 00:06
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Adam Harvey on Tue, 22 January 2013 00:44
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: r.mariotti on Tue, 22 January 2013 02:16
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Kim Andr Aker on Tue, 22 January 2013 02:50
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: denisb on Tue, 22 January 2013 07:17
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Arno Welzel on Tue, 22 January 2013 08:39
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Luuk on Tue, 22 January 2013 18:43
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Tim Streater on Tue, 22 January 2013 18:58
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Luuk on Tue, 22 January 2013 19:08
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: M. Strobel on Wed, 23 January 2013 00:35
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Arno Welzel on Wed, 23 January 2013 09:59
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 January 2013 19:40
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Arno Welzel on Wed, 23 January 2013 09:55
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Jrn Andersen on Tue, 22 January 2013 22:51
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Shake on Tue, 22 January 2013 23:08
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Jrn Andersen on Tue, 22 January 2013 23:51
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Peter H. Coffin on Wed, 23 January 2013 01:03
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Shake on Wed, 23 January 2013 02:42
		Re: define ('NL', "<br />"); can I define a constant var ? By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 23 January 2013 00:50

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