Saving Strings to not be edited

Orc · 03-04-2008, 01:43 PM

I want to figure out how to save strings which cannot be edited any longer. How would I do this without files? Meaning an irreversible string or variable.

Wildhoney · 03-04-2008, 02:04 PM

Could you elaborate, please. I don't understand.

Orc · 03-04-2008, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildhoney

Could you elaborate, please. I don't understand.

A variable that once its assigned, it cannot be modified. How would I do this?

StevenF · 03-04-2008, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orc

A variable that once its assigned, it cannot be modified. How would I do this?

Forgive me, I'm fairly new to this - I don't understand what you mean, can't it only be modified by you? (or the person who has the script).

Alan @ CIT · 03-04-2008, 05:16 PM

I'm also confused

Is the variable being assigned in your script or by a user? Is it being stored in a database or does it only exist in the PHP script?

Alan

xenon · 03-04-2008, 08:03 PM

I think he needs constants:

PHP Code:


			
define('SOME_VAR', 'abcde');

SOME_VAR = 'test'; // fatal error

ReSpawN · 03-04-2008, 08:58 PM

Indeed Xenon, or

PHP Code:


			
define (_TALK_PHP, 'TalkPHP');
if ( defined ( _TALK_PHP ) ) { echo 'Defined'; }

Make a function for defining those things I guess. There is a better way tho.

PHP Code:


			
    
    $lang = array();
    $lang[] = 'talkphp';
    $lang[] = 'talkPHP';
    
    function pushWord($word) {
        global $lang;
        if ( !in_array($word, $lang) ) {
            array_push($lang, $word);
            echo 'Added to the list!';
        } else {
            echo $word.' is already in the array!';
        }
    }
    
    pushWord('talkPHP');
    
    echo '<br><br>Your content of the $lang array:<br><br>';
    
    foreach ($lang as $key => $value) {
        echo $value.'<br>';
    }

Orc · 03-05-2008, 12:59 PM

Perfect, thanks Xenon and Respawn!