How to add enumerations in PHP?

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Sometimes, we want to add enumerations in PHP.

In this article, we’ll look at how to add enumerations in PHP.

To add enumerations in PHP, we can add enums with PHP 8.1 or later or use classes otherwise.

For instance, we write

enum TransportMode
{
    case Bicycle;
    case Car;
    case Ship;
    case Plane;
    case Feet;
}

to add a native enum.

Or we can write

class EnumClass
{
    const NAME = "aaaa";
    const SOME_VALUE = "bbbb";
}

print EnumClass::NAME;

to add the EnumClass class with some static values.

Then we can get a value from it with EnumClass::NAME.

To add enumerations in PHP, we can add enums with PHP 8.1 or later or use classes otherwise.