Php Constants Used Within A Function

[chop]

I simply want to use the predefined constant CONTENT in place of the "textFiles/" below.

 

define ('CONTENT','../textFiles_content/');

 

$handle = fopen('textFiles/'.$category.'.html', "r") or die("Couldn't open this file.");

 

I can't get the syntax to work.

 

[HartleySan]

What's the problem with the syntax? You're not even trying to use the constant you defined.

When you define a constant in PHP, you don't need to place a dollar sign ($) before the constant.

In other words, to refer to the constant 'CONTENT' you are defining, simply type the following:

 

 

CONTENT

[chop]

I was using CONTENT as my constant without  a $ but didn't remove the single quotes within the fopen(). For some reason I thought they had to be there. Okay with it now... thanks

[HartleySan]

Yeah, I guess it is a bit confusing since you define a constant using a string, but when you use it, it's not a string (i.e., you don't use quotes).

Anyway, glad you resolved it.