variable referencing a constant

[Anon]

I have a database with a column called lang_ref where I store the name of a constant HOME. In a php file I define HOME as "Home Page".

When I am building $content (a variable that is building HTML) I am trying to get the value of the constant _HOME.

My code is as follows:

In my database in the column lang_ref I have stored the value _HOME

define ("_HOME", "Home Page");
$content .= $lang_ref;

I keep getting _HOME as the end result displayed in my HTML code rather than Home Page.

I have a reason for doing this ... my language file is filled with defines and anyone who wants to localize my app can just replace:

define (_"HOME", "Some other language");

and when I build my menus I want them to use the new defined constant.

HELP!

[brandonschnell]

the php parser won't be able to pickup _HOME as a constant when its between quotes (or part of another string). seperate it from your data and you should be ok.

for example:
<?

define("a","1");
define("a","2");
echo a,"\n"; #result is "1"
echo a,"\n"; #result is "2"
echo "a","\n"; #try it as part of a string, result is "a"
?>