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Doc Bug #27855 setting up a constant with a value retrieved by a function
Submitted: 2004-04-03 15:49 UTC Modified: 2004-04-03 16:19 UTC
From: blackei2k at gmx dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4.3.5 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-04-03 15:49 UTC] blackei2k at gmx dot de 
Description:
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You can't define a constant using define(), and automatically assign a value to it, that is of a function.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
 define("E_SQL", mysql_error(), true);
?>


Expected result:
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E_SQL should now contain the last error-string. (Of course only if there was an error).

Actual result:
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It's empty

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 [2004-04-03 16:19 UTC] pollita@php.net 
Actually you can.

What you can't do is define() (read redefine) a constant more than once.  That's why it's called a constant.
 
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