ID: 10801
User Update by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Variables related
Operating system: Linux 2.2
PHP Version: 4.0.4
Description: Variable Variables and Constants
I'm not trying to change the constant value, but there
should be an interface for referencing constants similar to
how variables can be added.
If I have constants called: MY_CONSTANT_1 and MY_CONSTANT_2
I should be about to form a variable that reference those
names like:
define("MY_CONST_1","database1");
define("MY_CONST_2","database2");
$prefix="MY_CONST_";
$whichConst="1";
$thisConst=$prefix.$whichConst."<BR>";
print $$thisConst;
$whichConst="2";
$thisConst=$prefix.$whichConst;
print $$thisConst;
That would output:
database1
database2
Previous Comments:
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[2001-05-10 18:56:56] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
it's variable variables, not variable constants.
what bug are you reporting? I haven't noticed.
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[2001-05-10 18:11:18] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Variable variables techniques do not work when one of the
"variables" is a constant. The example below illustrates
this. This is probably the desired behavior for constants,
but was confusing for me when I was trying to figure it out.
The alternative I used was to add the variables I needed to
the $GLOBALS array instead of defining them as constants.
<?php
define("DB_X_NAME","database1");
define("DB_Y_NAME","database2");
$DB_Z_NAME="database3";
function connectTo($databaseName){
global $DB_Z_NAME;
$fullDatabaseName="DB_".$databaseName."_NAME";
return """.${$fullDatabaseName}.""";
}
print "DB_X_NAME is ".connectTo("X")."
";
print "DB_Y_NAME is ".connectTo("Y")."
";
print "DB_Z_NAME is ".connectTo("Z")."
";
?>
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