Re: define() an array?

lists@dwsasia.com wrote:

I thought I could define() and array. However, when I do this: define("THECONSTANT", array(1,2,3)); print_r(THECONSTANT); it prints THECONSTANT and not the array :( according to the manual: bool define ( string $name, mixed $value [, bool $case_insensitive] ) And isn't "mixed" of any type?

No. The value of a constant must be a scalar, i.e. a string or a number. So it is "mixed", but does not allow all types. If you really want to you can serialise your array into the constant, but that will incur a cost whenever you need to use it. -Stut