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# defined

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

defined -- Checks whether a given named constant exists

## Description

bool defined ( string name )

Returns `TRUE` if the named constant given by `name` has been defined, `FALSE` otherwise.

Пример 1. Checking Constants

`<?php
/* Note the use of quotes, this is important. This example is checking
* if the string 'CONSTANT' is the name of a constant named CONSTANT */
if (defined('CONSTANT')) {
echo CONSTANT;
}
?>`

> Замечание: If you want to see if a variable exists, use isset() as defined() only applies to constants. If you want to see if a function exists, use function_exists().

See also define(), constant(), get_defined_constants(), function_exists(), and the section on Constants.

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Harald Ponce de Leon
18-May-2006 08:24
`Beware that some PHP versions return an integer (1 or 0) instead of a boolean.
Confirmed PHP versions that return an integer are 4.3.2 and 4.3.4.
Relevant bug report:
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=27443
This make it impossible to use the following, when the PHP version is not known:
if (defined('CONSTANT') === true) {
}
Relevant commit for PHP 4.3.5 (thanks to Pollita at #php.thinktank):
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c?
r1=1.124.2.13&r2=1.124.2.14`
ndove at cox dot net
27-Jan-2005 07:20
`In PHP5, you can actually use defined() to see if an object constant has been defined, like so:
<?php
class Generic
{
const WhatAmI = 'Generic';
}
if (defined('Generic::WhatAmI'))
{
echo Generic::WhatAmI;
}
?>
Thought it may be useful to note.
-Nick`
Craig at chatspike dot net
30-Nov-2003 11:57
`This can be useful if you want to protect pages which get included from outsiders eyes, on your mail page (the page viewable by people) put define("X", null); then on all your other pages, you can then do something like:
if (!defined("X")) {
echo "You Cannot Access This Script Directly, Have a Nice Day.";
exit();
}
And your page is a good as protected :)`
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