Returns an associative array with the names of all the constants and their values
Syntax
get_defined_constants(bool $categorize = false): array
Parameters
categorize
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.
Return
Returns an array of constant name => constant value array, optionally groupped by extension name registering the constant.
Examples
1 · void
<? $return = get_defined_constants(); print_r($return); ?>
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 [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 )
2 · categorize
<? $categorize = true; $return = get_defined_constants($categorize); print_r($return); ?>
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 ) )
3 · define
<? define("MY_CONSTANT", 1); $categorize = true; $return = get_defined_constants($categorize); print_r($return); ?>
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 ) )