How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary?

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How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary? ..

Answer / saurabh rastogi

define("CONSTANT", "Hello world.");

echo CONSTANT; // Outputs Hello world

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How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary? ..

Answer / abhishek baranwal

define("CONSTANT", "Hello world.");

echo CONSTANT; // Outputs Hello world


define("CONSTANT", "New Value");

echo CONSTANT; // Outputs Hello world

Means once you declair the define a constant value that
will become every time it will not take new value or it
will not redeclair.if you want change in value then declair
the variables for that purpose.

Is This Answer Correct ?    13 Yes 2 No

How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary? ..

Answer / dhir

Constant means a unchangeable value and in php we are
written in "".

"constant";

And don't need to $ sign.

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How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary? ..

Answer / mahesh

A Dollar($) Symbol is not necessary for displaying a
constant6 variable,
ex:
define("PAGE_SIZE","100");
echo PAGE_SIZE;
or
<?=PAGE_SIZE?>

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How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary? ..

Answer / nilsoft

define("CONSTANT", "Its constant");

echo CONSTANT; // Outputs Its Constant

There is no need to use $ sign for it.
$ sign is used for declare variables.

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How to Define a Constant in PHP? Is $ symbol necessary? ..

Answer / vaneet badhan

define(my,60);

echo my;

output will be 60.

define(my,vaneet);

echo my;

output will be vaneet

Is This Answer Correct ?    7 Yes 12 No

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