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Change the value of a previously-defined constant

I have defined a constant in PHP e.g.

define('CONSTANT_NAME', 'constant_value');

I want to be able to change the value of this constant later on in the code.

Can this be done? If so, how?

Solution

  • From http://php.net/manual/en/function.define.php (emphasis is mine):

    define — Defines a named constant

    From http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.php:

    As the name suggests, that value cannot change during the execution of the script