Everything is in the title.
I am trying to write an app in php with client and server features.
For testing purpose (at least), I need several clients. To not have to copy the written code, I thought using symbolic links.
Something like this : My main "repository" is MyClient/scripts
I create near MyClient a MyClient2 folder in which I create a symbolic link to be able to use all the scripts of MyClient for MyClient2
ln -s ../MyClient/scripts scripts
At the really beginning of my scripts I am allowed to create some const using __DIR__.
I found a lot of workaround to get the value I am looking for from variables (for example : $_SERVER['PWD']) but this doesn't allow me to define a const.
So I am looking for a constant just like __DIR__ but with unresolved symlinks.
This gives the result with resolved symlink (not what I want)
<?php
const mydir = __DIR__ ;
echo mydir;
?>
This throws a Fatal error (not what I want)
<?php
const mydir = $_SERVER['PWD'] ;
echo mydir;
?>
EDIT
This is not a duplicate of this question. My question doesn't involve define at all, while the linked one is explicitly asking for how it works. For my question define has been suggested as a workaround which good enough regarding my need.