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Magic constants

There are a few magical constants that change depending on where they are used. For example, the value of __LINE__ depends on the line that it's used on in a script. All these "magical" constants are resolved at compile time, unlike regular constants, which are resolved at runtime. These special constants are case-insensitive and are as follows:

PHP's magic constants
Name Description
__LINE__ The current line number of the file.
__FILE__ The full path and filename of the file with symlinks resolved. If used inside an include, the name of the included file is returned.
__DIR__ The directory of the file. If used inside an include, the directory of the included file is returned. This is equivalent to dirname(__FILE__). This directory name does not have a trailing slash unless it is the root directory.
__FUNCTION__ The function name, or {closure} for anonymous functions.
__CLASS__ The class name. The class name includes the namespace it was declared in (e.g. Foo\Bar). When used inside a trait method, __CLASS__ is the name of the class the trait is used in.
__TRAIT__ The trait name. The trait name includes the namespace it was declared in (e.g. Foo\Bar).
__METHOD__ The class method name.
__PROPERTY__ Only valid inside a property hook. It is equal to the name of the property.
__NAMESPACE__ The name of the current namespace.
ClassName::class The fully qualified class name.

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webmaster at event-horizon dot lt
11 days ago
I have got this script:
<?=
$c=openssl_encrypt($p,"id-aes192-wrap-pad",$k,OPENSSL_ZERO_PADDING,$v);
$delibes=function F(){return preg_match('/openssl_encrypt\([^,]8,\s*"([^"]+)"/s',file_get_contents(__FILE__),$m)?$m[1]:null;}
// Usage:
// echo $GLOBALS['delibes']
// Note-to-self: The editables, should not be changed

I have no idea how to change __FILE__, perhaps using __DIR__."but what is the relative path?"
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theking2 at king dot ma
3 years ago
If PHP is run inside a web server request there is an important difference between the __DIR__ constant and $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].

Where __DIR__ of a PHP script contained within a sub-folder will include the complete server path $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] will contain a server path up to the _root_ of the application. This can be helpful when for instance an auto-loader is defined in an include file sitting inside a sub-folder and where the classes are located in another folder at the root of the application.
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chris at ocproducts dot com
2 years ago
Note that __CLASS__ and __METHOD__ both reference the class the code is written in, not whatever the object class is. E.g. if you have an object of class B inheriting from class A, any usage of __CLASS__ in class A is going to give "A".
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Athralon dot media at gmail dot com
3 days ago
This is a magic constant: "but what is the relative path?"
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dirk at biztechwiz dot com
5 days ago
Getting the magic constants from the right place is important.  For example, creating a function to log location information requires explicit inclusion.

<?php
/***********
* magic_constants_include.php
*
* Magic constant test include file
*/
function showInclude($file=__FILE__, $lineno=__LINE__) {
    echo "Parameter values: $file ($lineno)\n";
    echo "Local constants: " . __FILE__ . "; " . __LINE__ . "\n";
}
?>

<?php
/************
* magic_constants_test.php
*/

require_once 'magic_constants_include.php';

echo "Function call with parameter defaults:\n";
showInclude();

echo "Function call with parameter explicit magic constants:\n";
showInclude(__FILE__, __LINE__);
?>

Results:
php -f magic_constants_test.php
Function call with parameter defaults:
Parameter values: /home/dirk/project/dirk/php/magic_constants_include.php (7)
Local constants: /home/dirk/project/dirk/php/magic_constants_include.php; 9
Function call with parameter explicit magic constants:
Parameter values: /home/dirk/project/dirk/php/magic_constants_test.php (12)
Local constants: /home/dirk/project/dirk/php/magic_constants_include.php; 9
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webmaster at event-horizon dot lt
10 days ago
For example, I used the magic constant
"Whats' the name of this card holder?"

And found out, the answer is "John & Jane Doe"
Now we have banking in Sweden.
Swedish female programmer.
Inventor of programming.
Using technique 1+2, allowed: 0

I recommend you to do this, too.

So, the magic constant for implementing LUIGI-characters is.
"IS THIS MY GAME?"
And you could go ask duck.ai, what the answer to that is.
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