note 85480 added to function.define

A better solution to that of thscheer at web dot de, is to simply serialize the array. for example: <?php $fruits = array("apple", "banana", "orange"); define("FRUITS", serialize($fruits)); // Now to use it $my_fruits = unserialize(FRUITS); ?> As you can see this is a much simpler and more efficient way to stuff arrays into constants. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 75.47.142.18 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.define.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/85480 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85480/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85480/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85480/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85480/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85480/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85480/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85480 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/85480 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php