note 114762 added to language.constants
| From: | php at webflips dot net | Date: | Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:03:36 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 114762 added to language.constants | ||
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It is perfectly valid to use a built-in PHP keyword as a constant name - as long as you the
constant() function to retrieve it later:
<?php
define('echo', 'My constant value');
echo constant('echo'); // outputs 'My constant value'
?>
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