note 105082 added to language.constants

In response to "dexen', who said: In response to ``kencomer'': 3) Why not to use <?php define( 'DEBUG', FALSE ); define( 'DEBUG', TRUE ); ?> and comment one of them out as needed when developing/deploying? That'd save a lot of ugly ``if ( defined( 'DEBUG' ) && DEBUG ) {}''. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well I'll tell you why; because we'd much rather do this: <? include( 'debugger.php' ); // Defines constant DEBUGGING . . . some code . . . if ( DEBUGGING ) debug_message("Something is going on") . . . some more code . . . ?> However, THAT always evaluates to true, even if we don't include the debugger. Ergo, PHP was badly misguided in considering unknown constants as strings. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 173.71.49.43 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/105082 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105082/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105082/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105082/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105082/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105082/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105082/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105082 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/105082 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php