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I am using this module PHP trader.

I am not able to understand what "Predefined constant" means. Should we define these before we call the functions? Should we define them as numbers, or is there no need to mention them before calling the functions?

http://php.net/manual/en/trader.constants.php:

Predefined Constants - The constants below are defined by this extension, and will only be available when the extension has either been compiled into PHP or dynamically loaded at runtime.

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No, you don't have to define anything.

The predefined constants are defined by the extension, so that you can use symbolic names rather than "magic" constants. For example, you would write:

$a = trader_ma ($real, $period, TRADER_MA_TYPE_DEMA);

which carries more meaning to the reader than

$a = trader_ma ($real, $period, 42); /* to pick a random number */

that just contains some mysterious number that you have to look up in a manual every time you read it.

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