How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary?
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Answer / saurabh rastogi
define("CONSTANT", "Hello world.");
echo CONSTANT; // Outputs Hello world
Is This Answer Correct ? | 46 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / abhishek baranwal
define("CONSTANT", "Hello world.");
echo CONSTANT; // Outputs Hello world
define("CONSTANT", "New Value");
echo CONSTANT; // Outputs Hello world
Means once you declair the define a constant value that
will become every time it will not take new value or it
will not redeclair.if you want change in value then declair
the variables for that purpose.
Is This Answer Correct ? | 13 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / dhir
Constant means a unchangeable value and in php we are
written in "".
"constant";
And don't need to $ sign.
Is This Answer Correct ? | 16 Yes | 7 No |
Answer / mahesh
A Dollar($) Symbol is not necessary for displaying a
constant6 variable,
ex:
define("PAGE_SIZE","100");
echo PAGE_SIZE;
or
<?=PAGE_SIZE?>
Is This Answer Correct ? | 7 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / nilsoft
define("CONSTANT", "Its constant");
echo CONSTANT; // Outputs Its Constant
There is no need to use $ sign for it.
$ sign is used for declare variables.
Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 0 No |
define(my,60);
echo my;
output will be 60.
define(my,vaneet);
echo my;
output will be vaneet
Is This Answer Correct ? | 7 Yes | 12 No |
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