Re: define (true/false)
| From: | André Medeiros | Date: | Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:09:49 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: define (true/false) | ||
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On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 17:17 -0400, Sebastian wrote:
> i never really used constants before so this may sound stupid..
> when you define a constant using define() and want to return true/false
> is this logical:
>
> if($bars == 3)
> {
> define('BAR', 1);
> }
>
> then:
>
> if(BAR)
> {
> // bars is true
> }
>
> or should i need to do an else statement as well:
>
> if($bars == 3)
> {
> define('BAR', 1);
> }
> else
> {
> define('BAR', 0)
> }
>
> lastly is it more practical to just do:
>
> if($bars == 3)
> {
> $bar = true;
> }
>
> i am curious what most people would use.
>
>
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That's an incorrect use for constants. Use variables for that =]