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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Datatypes PHP Constants

Ezra John Alvarez
Ezra John Alvarez
557 Points
Posted by Ezra John Alvarez
Ezra John Alvarez
557 Points

variable inside define

Hello,

Is it possible to put a variable as the constant's value like:

$year = 2000;

define('YEAR', '$year');

Is this possible and legit?

2 Answers

manuelpenaloza
manuelpenaloza
Courses Plus Student 10,543 Points

yes, but you need to remove the ' surrounding the variable $year in the define() function so that the variable is seen as a variable and not as a string. So actually it then looks like this:

$year = 2000;
define('YEAR', $year);
manuelpenaloza
manuelpenaloza
Courses Plus Student 10,543 Points

you're welcome