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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T10:47:57+00:00 2026-05-11T10:47:57+00:00

Out of curiousity, I’m reading the Zend Engine API code and encountered quite a

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Out of curiousity, I’m reading the Zend Engine API code and encountered quite a number of ## in their #define’s. For example, at /usr/lib/php5/Zend/zend_API.h:

#define ZEND_FN(name) zif_##name #define ZEND_MN(name) zim_##name 

What does the ## (double hash) symbols mean in these two lines?

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  1. 2026-05-11T10:47:57+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 10:47 am

    The ## concatenates what’s before the ## with what’s after it. So in your example doing ZEND_FN(foo) would result in zif_foo

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