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8 years ago
With php 7 you can now define arrays. 

consider the following code:
<?php

define( "EXPLENATIVES", [1 => "Foo Bar", 2 => "Fehw Bahr", 3 => "Foo Bahr", 4 => "Fooh Bar", 5 => "Fooh Bhar", 6 => "Foo Barr", 7 => "Foogh Bar", 8 => "Fehw Barr", 9 => "Fu bar", 10 => "Foo Bahr", 11 => "Phoo Bar", 12 => "Foo Bawr", 13 => "Phooh Baughr", 14 => "Foogan Bargan", 15 => "Foo Bahre", 16 => "Fu Bahar", 17 => "Fugh Bar", 18 => "Phou Baughr"]);

//set up define methods using mixed values; both array and non-array values
define("NAVBTNS", [EXPLENATIVES, "Nouns", "Verbs", "Adjectives"]);

//function to create a dropdown menu using the EXPLENATIVES array $btn=EXPLENATIVES=assoc_array

function construct_navbar_buttons(){
    
    $btns = '<ul class="nav navbar-nav">';
                        
    foreach(NAVBTNS as $button => $btn){
        if(is_array($btn)){
            $btns .= '<li class="dropdown">
                        <a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="?id='.$btn.'">
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                        </a>
                        <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-user">';
            foreach(EXPLENATIVES as $key => $button){
                $btns .= '<li><a href="#">'.$button.'</a></li>';
            }
            $btns .= '</ul>';
        }else{    
            $btns .= '<li><a href="#">'.$btn.'</a></li>';
        }
    }
    
    $btns .= '</ul>';
    return $btns;
}            

Love this new implementation!

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