Re: [PHP] Constants in strings

2011-07-06 Thread Dave Wilson
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:56:21 +0100, Stuart Dallas wrote: > My guess is that the preceding $ causes PHP to interpret the next token > "{XYZ}" as a variable or a constant, but without that preceding $ it has > no way to know you're trying to use a constant. As Curtis points out, > the only way to ins

[PHP] Constants in strings

2011-07-06 Thread Dave Wilson
Hi all, OK. We all know that constants cannot be accessed directly via their name in double-quoted or heredoc strings. I knew this already but a read of the PHP manual got me thinking. The manual states that to get the $$ value of a variable, the form "{${var}}" should be used. Therefore, I wonde