ID: 21956 User updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Status: Bogus +Status: Open Bug Type: Strings related Operating System: Win2k PHP Version: 4.3.0 New Comment:
if this is not a bug, then it would therefore be the same across all platforms? which would then I surmise be a documentation problem. Since http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.php defines thus: "Syntax You can define a constant by using the define()-function. Once a constant is defined, it can never be changed or undefined. Only scalar data (boolean, integer, float and string) can be contained in constants." which then links to the string defintion page here, http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php, where the Syntax for string is outlines as below. "Syntax A string literal can be specified in three different ways. single quoted double quoted heredoc syntax " so according to the documentation, define can take heredoc syntax as a valid string, since heredoc is defined as a valid string syntax. if this is incorrect, then please change this to a documentation issue by all means, but this is not a bugus bug, it happens. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-07 07:26:48] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Thank you for your interest in PHP. Please read http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.define.php it has good nice examples on it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-29 19:52:03] [EMAIL PROTECTED] when using define() to create constants, it all seems to work fine when using standard strings. However, under the definition for the arguments on define(), it says that the define function can take string() as an argument. looking at strings, heredoc is a valid string argument, however when trying to define a constant as follows, the constant returns a null string. define($html_header, <<<THISISSTRING the string goes here THISISSTRING ); if however you define a standard var like so: $str_header=<<<THISISSTRING the string goes here THISISSTRING ; then do: define($html_header $str_header); all works fine. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21956&edit=1
