On 4/20/07, Richard Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, April 20, 2007 4:46 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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? It could be under Paramaters: value The value of the constant. Or, perhaps replacing the mixed by scalar $value. Tijnema -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
