| Re: Usage of class constants inside strings and heredocs [message #170500 is a reply to message #170498] |
Wed, 03 November 2010 12:07   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 11/3/2010 5:40 AM, Giuseppe Sacco wrote:
> Álvaro,
> thanks for your prompt answer. I understood what you say about class
> constants and I understood that it is not possible to use class
> constants in heredoc or string text. I just would like to write that
> in my opinion this would really improve readability: I need class
> constants in order to define strings that should never be changeable,
> and I think heredoc are wonderful for creating long and indented text.
> I mean, I just wrote a very simple query, but real queries use as much
> as 20 table fields.
> Using sprintf and such, add runtime complexity for dinamically create
> a static string.
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> Is there any other *static* way?
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> Thanks a lot,
> Giuseppe Sacco
If you're trying to use class constants in heredoc or string text,
you're building the string dynamically anyway.
I agree with Micha - sprintf() is good for this; concatenation will also
work but is harder to read, imho.
And no, I don't think the complexity is that great at all, even for 20
fields.
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