nowdoc

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noun

In the PHP programming language, a kind of here document that does not interpolate variables.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounnowdoc (plural nowdocs)

plural nowdocs

  1. computingIn the PHP programming language, a kind of here document that does not interpolate variables.

Origin

now + doc, modelled on earlier heredoc, with now as another adverb indicating presence.

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APA

nowdoc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nowdoc

MLA

“nowdoc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nowdoc. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nowdoc,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nowdoc.

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