note 84585 added to function.sprintf

I like the placeholders $ option. But what doesn't seem to work is if you use it in a define(); For example this works: define( HOME_TEXT, "Hello %s and welcome to %s" ); but not this define( HOME_TEXT, "Hello $1%s and welcome to $2%s" ); This would be great to separate text from code and decouple as much as possbile. You could replace the above by define( HOME_TEXT, "You are in $2%s: welcome $1%s" ); without touching the code. Any ideas? ---- Server IP: 195.26.5.11 Probable Submitter: 83.99.53.244 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/84585 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84585/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84585/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84585/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84585/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84585/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84585/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84585 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/84585 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php