Re: Handling of constants in strings

From: Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 22:02:55 +0000
Subject: Re: Handling of constants in strings
Groups: php.general 
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>Hi, >when reading about constants (define('MY_CONSTANT', 'my value')) >I got convinced that they are pretty usefull. > >But now it seems to me, that I can't use them inside a string: >$my_string = "This is MY_CONSTANT and I love it!"; > >but that I must take them out: >$my_string = "This is" . MY_CONSTANT . "and I love it!"; > >Isn't there a way around? >And must I suspect more strange things to come with constants? Try this: $my_string = "This is {MY_CONSTANT} and I love it!"; Can't promise it will work, mind you... It's not all that common to bury constants in strings... And is the extra " . " K ". " that big a deal? Seems a small price for cleaner code. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm

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