Re: define() an array?

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Chris wrote:
Tijnema ! wrote:
On 4/20/07, Richard Lynch <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, April 20, 2007 4:46 am, lists@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I thought I could define() and array. However, when I do this:

Nope. :-(

Has to be string or int or boolean or float or other "scalar" type.

> define("THECONSTANT", array(1,2,3));
> print_r(THECONSTANT);
>
> it prints THECONSTANT and not the array :(
>
> according to the manual:
>
> bool define ( string $name, mixed $value [, bool $case_insensitive] )
>
> And isn't "mixed" of any type?

No.

"mixed" just means it's 2 or more types.

There could be all kinda of reasons/cases where "mixed" means only
scalars, or only compound types or, really, any 2 types you'd care to
choose.

So, why isn't such stuff in the manual?

Post a documentation patch/bug/feature request in http://bugs.php.net :)


I have updated the (english) php-documentation to explicitly state that only scalar values are allowed.

- tul

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