erica Sun Mar 2 15:52:22 2003 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/language constants.xml
Log:
Fixed minor grammatical errors and grammar bug #22506
Index: phpdoc/en/language/constants.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/language/constants.xml:1.29 phpdoc/en/language/constants.xml:1.30
--- phpdoc/en/language/constants.xml:1.29 Sat Feb 22 01:53:31 2003
+++ phpdoc/en/language/constants.xml Sun Mar 2 15:52:22 2003
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.29 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.30 $ -->
<chapter id="language.constants">
<title>Constants</title>
<simpara>
- A constant is a identifier (name) for a simple value. As the name
+ A constant is an identifier (name) for a simple value. As the name
suggests, that value cannot change during the execution of the
- script (except the <link linkend="language.constants.predefined">
- magic constants</link> which aren't actually constants).
- A constant is case-sensitive by default. By convention constant
+ script (except for <link linkend="language.constants.predefined">
+ magic constants</link>, which aren't actually constants).
+ A constant is case-sensitive by default. By convention, constant
identifiers are always uppercase.
</simpara>
<para>
The name of a constant follows the same rules as any label in PHP. A
valid constant name starts with a letter or underscore, followed
by any number of letters, numbers, or underscores. As a regular
- expression, it would be expressed thus:
+ expression, it would be expressed thusly:
<literal>[a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*</literal>
<!-- TODO: Example of valid & invalid constant names -->
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
You can get the value of a constant by simply specifying its name.
Unlike with variables, you should <emphasis>not</emphasis> prepend
a constant with a <literal>$</literal>.
- You can also use the function <function>constant</function>, to
- read a constant's value, if you are to obtain the constant's name
+ You can also use the function <function>constant</function> to
+ read a constant's value if you wish to obtain the constant's name
dynamically.
Use <function>get_defined_constants</function> to get a list of
all defined constants.
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@
<para>
There are four magical constants that change depending on
- where they're used. For example, the value of
+ where they are used. For example, the value of
<constant>__LINE__</constant> depends on the line that it's
- used on in your script. These special constants are
+ used on in your script. These special constants are
case-insensitive and are as follows:
</para>
<para>
<table>
- <title>A few "magical" PHP "constants"</title>
+ <title>A few "magical" PHP constants</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
@@ -167,13 +167,13 @@
<row>
<entry><constant>__FUNCTION__</constant></entry>
<entry>
- The function name. This was added in PHP 4.3.0
+ The function name. (This was added in PHP 4.3.0.)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>__CLASS__</constant></entry>
<entry>
- The class name. This was added in PHP 4.3.0
+ The class name. (This was added in PHP 4.3.0.)
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@
</para>
<simpara>
- A list of predefined constants is available in the section <link
- linkend="reserved.constants">Reserved predefined constants</link>.
+ A list of predefined constants is available in the <link
+ linkend="reserved.constants">reserved predefined constants</link> section.
</simpara>
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