get_defined_constants
(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
get_defined_constants — Returns an associative array with the names of all the constants and their values
Description
get_defined_constants ([ bool $categorize = false ] ) : array
Returns the names and values of all the constants currently defined. This includes those created by extensions as well as those created with the define() function.
Parameters
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categorize
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Causing this function to return a multi-dimensional array with categories in the keys of the first dimension and constants and their values in the second dimension.
<?php define("MY_CONSTANT", 1); print_r(get_defined_constants(true)); ?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Array ( [Core] => Array ( [E_ERROR] => 1 [E_WARNING] => 2 [E_PARSE] => 4 [E_NOTICE] => 8 [E_CORE_ERROR] => 16 [E_CORE_WARNING] => 32 [E_COMPILE_ERROR] => 64 [E_COMPILE_WARNING] => 128 [E_USER_ERROR] => 256 [E_USER_WARNING] => 512 [E_USER_NOTICE] => 1024 [E_ALL] => 2047 [TRUE] => 1 ) [pcre] => Array ( [PREG_PATTERN_ORDER] => 1 [PREG_SET_ORDER] => 2 [PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE] => 256 [PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY] => 1 [PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE] => 2 [PREG_SPLIT_OFFSET_CAPTURE] => 4 [PREG_GREP_INVERT] => 1 ) [user] => Array ( [MY_CONSTANT] => 1 ) )
Return Values
Returns an array of constant name => constant value array, optionally groupped by extension name registering the constant.
Examples
Example #1 get_defined_constants() Example
<?php print_r(get_defined_constants()); ?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Array ( [E_ERROR] => 1 [E_WARNING] => 2 [E_PARSE] => 4 [E_NOTICE] => 8 [E_CORE_ERROR] => 16 [E_CORE_WARNING] => 32 [E_COMPILE_ERROR] => 64 [E_COMPILE_WARNING] => 128 [E_USER_ERROR] => 256 [E_USER_WARNING] => 512 [E_USER_NOTICE] => 1024 [E_ALL] => 2047 [TRUE] => 1 )
See Also
- defined() - Checks whether a given named constant exists
- get_loaded_extensions() - Returns an array with the names of all modules compiled and loaded
- get_defined_functions() - Returns an array of all defined functions
- get_defined_vars() - Returns an array of all defined variables
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