Please Help!

[Pro.Luv]

Hi guys,

 

I'm using define to change the page language like:

 

define('home','Heim',true);

 

the problem I'm having is if I echo strings with inverted comma's they don't change like:

 

echo "Home";

 

The home doesn't change unless I echo it without the inverted comma's

 

echo home;

 

This is making it difficult cause I can't print out reserved words like " and, if " like:

 

echo and;
echo if;

 

I get error's how can I echo those words ? I really need help with this and

 

I have chinese as a language but when I create the php document like:

 

define("search", "搜索",true);

 

the chinese words turn into ?? question marks is it my editor ?

 

I really need help with this...

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

[Prismatic]

The words change into ?? because your application doesn't support the language you've tried to display.

 

Also, echo must be used with quotes, single or double.

 

<?php
echo Hello World!; //Parse error

echo "Hello World!"; //Good
echo 'Hello World!'; //Good
?>

[ted_chou12]

in php variables are usually defined like:

$home = "home";//u have to surround texts by quotation marks
echo $home; //gives u home.
echo "if"; //gives u if
echo "and"; //gives u and

but the chinese character has nothing to do with this, is the charset problem

Ted

[Pro.Luv]

I tried using:

 

echo "and";

echo "if";

 

but when the in inverted comma's the word does not change to the language selected.

 

I checked the manual:

 

define("CONSTANT", "Hello world.");
echo CONSTANT; // outputs "Hello world."
echo Constant; // outputs "Constant" and issues a notice.

 

it shows that echo is used without the inverted comma's

 

 

[ted_chou12]

im not familiar with the language u r using but I guess u should try this:

$constant = "Hello world.";
echo $constant; //gives u Hello world.

[Pro.Luv]

It's PHP... When you use define and you want to change a word say for example: welcome..

it would be

 

 

define("welcome","Welcome User !");

 

echo welcome; // gives you Welcome User !

echo "welcome"; //gives you welcome, no change

 

 

 

[ted_chou12]

I am not sure exactly what u r trying to achieve here ???

The php I am familiar is to define a variable as $var = "string";

Ted

[Pro.Luv]

I'm sorry if I'm confusing you ted_chou12 really am great full for your help.. I'm trying to

Define a named constant..

 

 

 

[ngreenwood6]

in order to define a constant you will use this:

 

define("constant name", "constant value");

echo constant("constant name");

 

Note that it is case sensitive to the constant name. I think that is what you are looking for.

[ngreenwood6]

You can refer to this page for help. http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/func_misc_define.asp

[premiso]

Ok ted_chou read up on constants in PHP please.

 

As far as you code Pro.Luv, maybe this will help.

 

echo "Home"; // echos "Home"

 

echo home; // echos home, if there are no constants defined.

 

define("home", "Test Home!", true);
echo home; // echos "Test Home!"
echo "home"; // this echos "home" since it is used in the context of quotes. 

 

So with constants you cannot use the " " around them to display them. You were just thinking that putting a defined variable inside of an echo with quotes it should work, it does not.

 

constants Read up on constants in PHP.

 

 

As for your chinesse error I would look up your editor and see if they have a language deal. You will have to change the page char type in order to display that.

[ted_chou12]

r those new functions ???

how come i havent encounter them before

Ted

[premiso]

r those new functions ???

how come i havent encounter them before

Ted

 

Nope, been around since the start.

 

The reason you never encountered, is either you did not know about PHP and constants, or you never had a need for them.

[Pro.Luv]

thanks premiso will read up on it, thanks for all the help!! 

[ted_chou12]

or you never had a need for them.

probably