Posted by Tom Rogers on 01/02/06 05:01

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"
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regards,
Tom

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