Dynamic constant name in PHP

php constants indirection
vikmalhotra picture vikmalhotra · Oct 22, 2010 · Viewed 45k times · Source

I am trying to create a constant name dynamically and then get at the value.

define( CONSTANT_1 , "Some value" ) ;

// try to use it dynamically ...
$constant_number = 1 ;
$constant_name = ("CONSTANT_" . $constant_number) ;

// try to assign the constant value to a variable...
$constant_value = $constant_name;

But I find that $constant value still contains the NAME of the constant, and not the VALUE.

I tried the second level of indirection as well $$constant_name But that would make it a variable not a constant.

Can somebody throw some light on this?

Answer

Mads Lee Jensen picture Mads Lee Jensen · Oct 22, 2010

http://dk.php.net/manual/en/function.constant.php

echo constant($constant_name);

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