How to check whether the Redis server is running
You can use command line to determine if redis is running: redis-cli ping you should get back PONG that indicates redis is up and running.
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How to check if a defined constant exists in PHP?
First, these are not variables, but constants. And you can check their existence by using the defined() function : bool defined ( string $name ) Checks whether the given constant exists and is defined.