How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary?

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How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary? ..

Answer / saurabh rastogi

define("CONSTANT", "Hello world.");

echo CONSTANT; // Outputs Hello world

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How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary? ..

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.

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How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary? ..

Answer / dhir

Constant means a unchangeable value and in php we are
written in "".

"constant";

And don't need to $ sign.

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How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary? ..

Answer / mahesh

A Dollar($) Symbol is not necessary for displaying a
constant6 variable,
ex:
define("PAGE_SIZE","100");
echo PAGE_SIZE;
or
<?=PAGE_SIZE?>

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How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary? ..

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.

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How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary? ..

Answer / vaneet badhan

define(my,60);

echo my;

output will be 60.

define(my,vaneet);

echo my;

output will be vaneet

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