get_defined_constants
PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
get_defined_constants - Returns an associative array with the names of all the constants and their values
Manual
get_defined_constants(
[bool$categorize = false] ): array
Returns the names and values of all the constants currently defined. This includes those created by extensions as well as those created with the define function.
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.
<?php
define("MY_CONSTANT", 1);
print_r(get_defined_constants(true));
?>The above example will output something similar to:
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
)
)
Return Values
Returns an array of constant name => constant value array, optionally groupped by extension name registering the constant.