note 77067 deleted from function.get-defined-constants by joey

Note Submitter: eslindsey AT gma il dot co m ---- If you need to use the values of your defined constants in strings or for example in HEREDOC syntax, use this function: <?php //PHP5+ only $constarray = get_defined_constants(true); foreach($constarray['user'] as $key => $val) eval(sprintf('$_CONSTANTS[\'%s\'] = \'%s\';', addslashes($key), addslashes($val))); //PHP4+ ...this is less efficient since it defines hundreds of constants foreach(get_defined_constants() as $key => $val) eval(sprintf('$_CONSTANTS[\'%s\'] = \'%s\';', addslashes($key), addslashes($val))); ?> Once you run that you can use $_CONSTANTS['constantname'] to get the value of a constant. You'll need to erase the array and rerun the code if you define any new constants. But I found it handy when I wanted to use a couple of my defined constants in HEREDOC syntax. Don't forget: because this is not really a superglobal you'll need to globalize it if you want to use it from within a different scope, for example: <?php //hopefully you ran the snippet out here so that $_CONSTANTS is in global scope. $mv = $_CONSTANTS['foo']; //works function my_function() { global $_CONSTANTS; //without this line it won't work in here! $mv = $_CONSTANTS['bar']; //works thanks to previous line } ?>