note 76542 added to language.constants

> "A valid constant name starts with a letter or underscore, followed by any number of > letters, numbers, or underscores." This rules only applies when using constants like <?php echo CONSTANT;?> to not confuse the parser - PHP will be happy with any string for a constant name (define). <?php define('Red herring!', '<°)))><'); #echo Red herring!; // The above example will not work, the parser will get // angry seeing a whitespace where it shouldn’t be. // Let’s have that with constant(): echo constant('Red herring!'); // <°)))>< ?> You could go on with newlines, tabs and stuff... that is, however, crude coding style. ---- Server IP: 212.124.37.9 Probable Submitter: 172.176.86.4 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/76542 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76542/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76542/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76542/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76542/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76542/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76542/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76542 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/76542 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php