Posted by Al on 01/02/06 17:25

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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