Please Help Echoing Constant

[lingo5]

hi, I have the PHP code below wher I'm trying to echo the contant CNT_TXT_EMPTYMESSAGE.

i have trie everything...with double quotes...single...with nothing...everything but nothing seems to work.

Am i using the correct syntax to do this?

Many thanks

 

<?php

include_once('config.php');
if (!$config['currencyCode']) $config['currencyCode']					 = 'EUR';
if (!$config['text']['cartTitle']) $config['text']['cartTitle']		 = 'Shopping Cart';
if (!$config['text']['singleItem']) $config['text']['singleItem']		 = 'Item';
if (!$config['text']['multipleItems']) $config['text']['multipleItems'] = 'Items';
if (!$config['text']['subtotal']) $config['text']['subtotal']			 = 'Subtotal';
if (!$config['text']['update']) $config['text']['update']				 = 'update';
if (!$config['text']['checkout']) $config['text']['checkout']			 = 'checkout';
if (!$config['text']['checkoutPaypal']) $config['text']['checkoutPaypal'] = 'Checkout with PayPal';
if (!$config['text']['removeLink']) $config['text']['removeLink']		 = 'remove';
if (!$config['text']['emptyButton']) $config['text']['emptyButton']	 = 'empty';
if (!$config['text']['emptyMessage']) $config['text']['emptyMessage']	 = '.CNT_TXT_EMPTYMESSAGE.';
if (!$config['text']['itemAdded']) $config['text']['itemAdded']		 = 'Item added!';
if (!$config['text']['priceError']) $config['text']['priceError']		 = 'Invalid price format!';
if (!$config['text']['quantityError']) $config['text']['quantityError'] = 'Item quantities must be whole numbers!';
if (!$config['text']['checkoutError']) $config['text']['checkoutError'] = 'Your order could not be processed!';
if ($_GET['ajax'] == 'true') {
header('Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8');
echo json_encode($config);
}
?>

[jcbones]

Constants are considered strings when inside of quotes.

 

Correct would be:

echo CNT_TXT_EMPTYMESSAGE;

 

Are you sure this constant doesn't contain an empty message?

[lingo5]

No jc, the constant is not empty

[jazzman1]

No jc, the constant is not empty

How did you define it?

Could you post the code, please?

[lingo5]

all my constants ae defined on a separate file that i include on each page.

This is the code for the constant

define ('CNT_TXT_EMPTYMESSAGE',"Your cart is empty");

[Pikachu2000]

You don't assign a value to the constant, or echo it in that code. Where have you done that?

[jazzman1]

I remember you

 

Why are you using single quotes around it, in the very first post ?

 

PS: It should be,

if (!$config['text']['emptyMessage']) $config['text']['emptyMessage']    = CNT_TXT_EMPTYMESSAGE;

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The correct syntax is -

 

if (!$config['text']['emptyMessage']) $config['text']['emptyMessage'] = CNT_TXT_EMPTYMESSAGE;

 

Edit: seems to be an echo in here..............

[lingo5]

weird...

i was including the php file where all my constants are defined at the top of each page like so:

 

include ('../constants.php');

 

I have changed this to

 

include ('constants.php');

 

..and it works now !!!. How come....my constants.php file is one dir up...

[jazzman1]

No, that's no possible! You have to have a constants.php file in the same directory or you are handling a different file or you have more including files.

Copy/paste this code to check where are you..

echo dirname(__FILE__);