(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
constant — Returns the value of a constant
Return the value of the constant indicated by
name.
constant() is useful if you need to retrieve the value of a constant, but do not know its name. I.e. it is stored in a variable or returned by a function.
This function works also with class constants.
nameThe constant name.
Returns the value of the constant, or NULL if the constant is not
defined.
An E_WARNING level error is generated if the
constant is not defined.
Example #1 constant() example
<?php
define("MAXSIZE", 100);
echo MAXSIZE;
echo constant("MAXSIZE"); // same thing as the previous line
interface bar {
const test = 'foobar!';
}
class foo {
const test = 'foobar!';
}
$const = 'test';
var_dump(constant('bar::'. $const)); // string(7) "foobar!"
var_dump(constant('foo::'. $const)); // string(7) "foobar!"
?>