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<h1 class="refname">apc_load_constants</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL apc >= 3.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">apc_load_constants</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Loads a set of constants from the cache
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.apc-load-constants-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>apc_load_constants</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$key</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$case_sensitive</code><span class="initializer"> = true</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Loads a set of constants from the cache.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.apc-load-constants-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">key</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
The name of the constant set (that was stored with
<span class="function"><a href="function.apc-define-constants.html" class="function">apc_define_constants()</a></span>) to be retrieved.
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">case_sensitive</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The default behaviour for constants is to be declared case-sensitive;
i.e. <em>CONSTANT</em> and <em>Constant</em>
represent different values. If this parameter evaluates to <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> the
constants will be declared as case-insensitive symbols.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.apc-load-constants-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.apc-load-constants-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>apc_load_constants()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$constants </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'ONE' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'TWO' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">2</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'THREE' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">3</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br />);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">apc_define_constants</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'numbers'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$constants</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">apc_load_constants</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'numbers'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ONE</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">TWO</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">THREE</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
123
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.apc-load-constants-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.apc-define-constants.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">apc_define_constants()</a> - Defines a set of constants for retrieval and mass-definition</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.define.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">define()</a> - Defines a named constant</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.constant.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">constant()</a> - Returns the value of a constant</span></li>
<li class="member">
Or <a href="language.constants.html" class="link">the PHP constants reference</a>
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