PHP Predefined Constants

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Useful PHP Predefined Constants defined by the PHP core.

PHP_VERSION - Contains a string with the current PHP version. PHP_MAXPATHLEN - The maximum length of filenames (including path) supported by this build of PHP. PHP_OS - Contains a string that can be used to detect the operatig system PHP is running on. Some posible values:
CYGWIN_NT-5.1, Darwin (for Mac Os X), FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX64, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, SunOS, Unix, WIN32, WINNT (for Windows NT), Windows, CYGWIN_NT-5.1, IRIX64, SunOS, HP-UX, OpenBSD. PHP_EOL - The correct 'End Of Line' symbol for the platform on which PHP is running on. Useful to add new lines in strings. __LINE__ - The current line number of the file.

<?php
// test
echo __LINE__;       // 3

__FILE__ - The full path and filename of the current php file. If used inside an include, the name of the included file is returned. __DIR__ - The directory of the current php file. If used inside an include, the directory of the included file is returned. This is equivalent to: dirname(__FILE__). Not have a trailing slash unless it is the root directory. __FUNCTION__ - The function name in which this constant is accessed.

function someName() {
  echo __FUNCTION__;
}
someName();      // someName

__CLASS__ - Returns the class name as it was declared (case-sensitive).

class someClass {
  public function className() {
    return __CLASS__;
  }
}

$obj = new someClass();
echo $obj->className();      // someClass

__METHOD__ - Returns the class method name as it was declared, including the class name (case-sensitive).

class someClass {
  public function someMethod() {
    return __METHOD__;
  }
}

$obj = new someClass();
echo $obj->someMethod();      // someClass::someMethod

<table><tr>
  <th>Title 1</th>
  <th>Title 2</th>
</tr></table>

.some_class {
  line-height: 150%;
}

document.getElementById("id_button").onclick = function(){
  window.open("http://coursesweb.net/");
}

$ar_dir = scandir("dir_name");
var_export($ar_dir);