Constants may only evaluate to scalar values

[fake01]

So, I created a little table with some server scripts which pretty much just shows what it does.

However, when I load the page I get a warning:

Constants may only evaluate to scalar values

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The page is nothing special I'm just going through some steps to sort out a problem with another script of mine and decided to do other work while I'm at it, hence the table.

Line 60 is essentially the first line of the table, or better yet:

define('argv',                        $_SERVER['argv']);

I've done some reseach and from what I can see, the problem lies with having an old/outdated version of PHP.

Is there any way in which this can be fixed without having to change the define(s)??

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[Livewire]

From the documentation I was able to find it's nothing to do with the PHP version; there's a brutal way to fix it though.

Prefix define with an @ so it's @define. That will suppress any warnings/errors generated by that line. That's assuming the line is working though; if the constant isn't being set properly to begin with then I'm not sure how to go about fixing it.

 

[Zubair]

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[fake01]

From the documentation I was able to find it's nothing to do with the PHP version; there's a brutal way to fix it though.

Prefix define with an @ so it's @define. That will suppress any warnings/errors generated by that line. That's assuming the line is working though; if the constant isn't being set properly to begin with then I'm not sure how to go about fixing it.

Ohh, I never thought about using the @ sign. I have used it before but never occurred to me when doing defines

Cheers mate, will give it a crack.

 

[lemon-tree]

By nature define is only actually allowed to store simple string, float, bool or int values, nothing more; so no arrays, objects, etc. That code shouldn't work, and if it does you are using a feature/bug that is beyond the PHP specification and could break with any update. The better way to do it would be using global $varname or restructure how you access the required data.
I suggest you read up about using the define() function on php.net.