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<div id="function.define" class="refentry">
 <div class="refnamediv">
  <h1 class="refname">define</h1>
  <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">define</span> &mdash; <span class="dc-title">Definisce una costante</span></p>

 </div>
 
 <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.define-description">
  <h3 class="title">Descrizione</h3>
  <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
   <span class="methodname"><strong>define</strong></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.php" class="type string">string</a></span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.types.mixed.php" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$value</code></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.php" class="type bool">bool</a></span> <code class="parameter">$case_insensitive</code><span class="initializer"> = false</span></span>): <span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.php" class="type bool">bool</a></span></div>

  <p class="para rdfs-comment">
   Definisce una costante alfanumerica durante l&#039;esecuzione.
  </p>
 </div>


 <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.define-parameters">
  <h3 class="title">Elenco dei parametri</h3>
  <p class="para">
   <dl>
    
     <dt><code class="parameter">name</code></dt>
     <dd>
      <p class="para">
       Il nome della costante.
      </p>
     </dd>
    
    
     <dt><code class="parameter">value</code></dt>
     <dd>
      <p class="para">
       Il valore della costante; solo valori scalari e <span class="type"><a href="language.types.null.php" class="type null">null</a></span> sono consentiti.
       I valori scalari comprendono <span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.php" class="type integer">integer</a></span>, 
       <span class="type"><a href="language.types.float.php" class="type float">float</a></span>, <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.php" class="type string">string</a></span> o <span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.php" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span>. E&#039; anche
       possibile definire costanti di tipo <span class="type"><a href="language.types.resource.php" class="type resource">resource</a></span>, tuttavia non è raccomandato
       e può causare comportamenti imprevedibili.
      </p>
     </dd>
    
    
     <dt><code class="parameter">case_insensitive</code></dt>
     <dd>
      <p class="para">
       Se settato a <strong><code><a href="reserved.constants.php#constant.true">true</a></code></strong>, la costante viene definita case-insensitive.
       Il comportamento di default è case-sensitive; per esempio 
       <code class="literal">CONSTANT</code> e <code class="literal">Constant</code> rappresentano
       valori diversi.
      </p>
      <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Nota</strong>: 
       <p class="para">
        Le costanti case-insensitive vengono salvate internamente in minuscolo.
       </p>
      </p></blockquote>
     </dd>
    
   </dl>
  </p>
 </div>


 <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.define-returnvalues">
  <h3 class="title">Valori restituiti</h3>
  <p class="para">
   Restituisce <strong><code><a href="reserved.constants.php#constant.true">true</a></code></strong> in caso di successo, <strong><code><a href="reserved.constants.php#constant.false">false</a></code></strong> in caso di fallimento.
  </p>
 </div>


 <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.define-examples">
  <h3 class="title">Esempi</h3>
  <p class="para">
   <div class="example" id="example-1">
    <p><strong>Example #1 Definire costanti</strong></p>
    <div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php<br />define</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"CONSTANT"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Ciao Mondo!"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CONSTANT</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// output "Ciao Mondo!"<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Constant</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// output "Ciao Mondo!" e genera un notice.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">define</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"GREETING"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Ciao Mondo!"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">GREETING</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// output "Ciao Mondo!"<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Greeting</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// output "Ciao Mondo!"<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span></span></code></div>
    </div>

   </div>
  </p>
 </div>


 <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.define-seealso">
  <h3 class="title">Vedere anche:</h3>
  <p class="para">
   <ul class="simplelist">
    <li><span class="function"><a href="function.defined.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">defined()</a> - Verifica se dato nome di una costante, essa esiste</span></li>
    <li><span class="function"><a href="function.constant.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">constant()</a> - Ritorna il valore di una costante</span></li>
    <li>La sezione sulle <a href="language.constants.php" class="link">Costanti</a></li>
   </ul>
  </p>
 </div>


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