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Asked: May 27, 20262026-05-27T11:31:33+00:00 2026-05-27T11:31:33+00:00

I have defined a constant in PHP e.g. define(‘CONSTANT_NAME’, ‘constant_value’); I want to be

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I have defined a constant in PHP e.g.

define('CONSTANT_NAME', 'constant_value');

I want to be able to change the value of this constant later on in the code.

Can this be done? If so, how?

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    2026-05-27T11:31:34+00:00Added an answer on May 27, 2026 at 11:31 am

    From http://php.net/manual/en/function.define.php (emphasis is mine):

    define — Defines a named constant

    From http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.php:

    As the name suggests, that value cannot change during the execution of the script

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