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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:23:59 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Constant arrays
From: dragoonis@gmail.com (Paul Dragoonis)

Barbu,

This is how constants work in all viable languages such as C/++.

They are not 'variables of data', they contain scalar values so that
you can have a maintainable source for your value to refer to later.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/357syhfh(v=vs.80).aspx

I believe constants come from the philosophy of 'enums' in C.

Just google some more on it.

Regards,
- Paul.


On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Barbu Paul Gh. <paullik.paul@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I wonder why I cannot assign arrays to constants.
> According to the PHP manual:
> "only scalar and null values are allowed. Scalar values are integer, float,
> string or boolean values."
>
> What is the mechanism behind this?
> What's the explanation?
>
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