Re: define() an array?

From:	M.Sokolewicz	Date:	Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:54:13 +0000
Subject:	Re: define() an array?
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Chris wrote:

Tijnema ! wrote:
On 4/20/07, Richard Lynch <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote:
On Fri, April 20, 2007 4:46 am, lists@dwsasia.com wrote:
I thought I could define() and array. However, when I do this:
Nope. :-( Has to be string or int or boolean or float or other "scalar" type.
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. "mixed" just means it's 2 or more types. There could be all kinda of reasons/cases where "mixed" means only scalars, or only compound types or, really, any 2 types you'd care to choose.
So, why isn't such stuff in the manual?
Post a documentation patch/bug/feature request in http://bugs.php.net :)

I have updated the (english) php-documentation to explicitly state that only scalar values are allowed. - tul