Tom Rogers wrote:
Hi,
Monday, January 2, 2006, 4:37:17 AM, you wrote:
DG> Hello
DG> I am trying to access the constant name as string and not the constant
DG> contents. For example,
DG> define('myconst', 'const text 1');
DG> $myArray = array()
DG> myArray['myconst'] = "this is it"
DG> etc.
DG> $xmltext="";
DG> foreach ($myArray as $key => $val) {
DG> echo "$key = $val\n\n";
DG> $xmltext .= "$xmltext = $xmltext . "<$key> $val </$key>";
DG> }
DG> Unfortunately, $key within the string concatenation is translated into
DG> the constant value. However, for the echo statement, then $key constant
DG> name is displayed. Is there a way to keep the constant name rather its
DG> value when manipulating it as a string?
DG> thanks,
DG> Daniel
drop the single quotes to use the constant:
myArray[myconst] = "this is it"
A suggestion..
Make it a habit to use all caps for your constants. It makes little "gotchas"
easier to spot.
e.g., define('MYCONST', 'const text 1');
Then your array would be obvious: myArray[MYCONST] = "this is it"; verses
myArray['myconst'] = "this is it";
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