Hi!
The same way you compare variables:
$a = 'a';
if($a == 'a')
echo '$a is a';
define('_a_', 'a');
if(_a_ == 'a')
echo '_a_ is a';
Remember to use ' instead of " so that $a is echoed not the value of $a.
.ma
Shachar Tal <shacha6@zahav.net.il> wrote@23.01.2003 13:46 Uhr:
> Thanks. your way to do it gave me a good idea, and it's working now :)
> Now I have another small question:
>
> How can I check what's in a constant?
> let's say i'm doing this :
> define ( "category", $cat );
>
> $cat can be something else each and every time the page loads, then, I want
> to check what it is, like
> if constant(category) = "bla" {
> }
>
> whats the syntax for checking the value of it?
>
> thanks
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Wong" <php-db@gremlins.biz>
> Newsgroups: php.db
> To: <php-db@lists.php.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: While + Function
>
>
>> On Thursday 23 January 2003 06:04, Shahar Tal wrote:
>>> Hello all!
>>>
>>> I got one page, with this code:
>>>
>>> <?php
>>> echo insert_results();
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> Which grabs the data I send from another page, on that function.
>>> Here is the important part of the function while code:
>>>
>>> while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
>>> function insert_results () {
>>> extract($row);
>>> echo "bla";
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> Ok, this is the problem.
>>> As you can see, it takes the data from the dattabase, sticks it into the
>>> function, and then the second page displays it.
>>> don't get me wrong, this is working PERFECTLY and just the way I want
> it,
>>> and then comes my problem.
>>> It works only with one row. it displays only one row, even when I know
>>> there are more. no matter how many rows are in the database,
>>> it will always output one "bla".
>>>
>>> I need to move on and display all the rows, just like 'while' should
> work,
>>> I don't know why it's not working.
>>> Maybe I should stick it into a function array? but that's a bit strange
> as
>>> the 'while' command should do it automaticlly.
>>
>> Why have you defined your function insert_results() inside your
> while-loop?
>>
>> You be doing something like this instead:
>>
>> function insert_results($row) {
>> do_insert_row;
>> }
>>
>> while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
>> insert_results($row);
>> }
>>
>> --
>> Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz
>> Open Source Software Systems Integrators
>> * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development *
>>
>>
>> /*
>> Joe's sister puts spaghetti in her shoes!
>> */
>>
>
>
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