Constants in PHP
(1) A constant is a name or an identifier for a simple value. It is defined using the define function and it does not start with $ sign
Syntax
define(name, value, case-insensitive)
Parameters:
name: Specifies the name of the constant
value: Specifies the value of the constant
case-insensitive: Specifies whether the constant name should be case-insensitive. Default is false
Example
<?php
define("DBNAME", TECH);
echo DBNAME;
?>
(2) A constant value cannot change during the execution of the script. By default, a constant is case-sensitive. By convention, constant identifiers are always uppercase. A constant name starts with a letter or underscore, followed by any number of letters, numbers, or underscores. If you have defined a constant, it can never be changed or undefined.
(3) A constant differ from variable as variable value can be changed across the execution while constant value cannot
(4) Constant value are global across the execution.
<?php
define("DBNAME", TECH);
function checkdbname() {
print DBNAME;
}
checkdbname();
?>
(5) constant value are retrieved using constant() function or simply we can use echo
<?php
echo "DBNAME";
echo "constant(DBNAME);
?>
(6) PHP defined some predefined constants like LINE,FILE, CLASS
(7) You can define constant as arrays starting PHP 7 as
<?php
define("DB", [
"TECH",
"GO",
"EASY"
]);
echo DB[0];
?>
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