define alyas returns a false

[tedpottel]

Hi,
why does
<?php
$page=1;
if (defined ($page))
{
print "page defined";
$pg=$page;
}
else print"page not defined";
?>

outputs
page not define
????
-Ted

[Jerry Stuckle]

te*******@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,
why does
<?php
$page=1;
if (defined ($page))
{
print "page defined";
$pg=$page;
}
else print"page not defined";
?>

outputs
page not define
????
-Ted

From the manual:

"defined — Checks whether a given named constant exists"

$page is not a constant, to the return value is correct. For variables,
use isset().

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