Error in my website.

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My website was showing error currently unable to handle this request HTTP ERROR 500 when i enabled the error display the main error is.

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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting :: (T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM) in /home/afghauri/public_html/config.php on line 211

here is what line 211 looks in my code.

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if ( empty(BASE_PATH) || $base == 'BASE_PATH' ) {

BASE_PATH is a Magic Constant defined on line 48 as

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define('BASE_PATH', __DIR__);

here is line 210 and 212 of my code.
210

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$base = BASE_PATH;

212

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$base = __DIR__;

Update
the strangest thing is that it's working perfectly in localhost but when i upload it to my cpanel it starts doing that

What I have tried:

i tried changing the

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if(empty(BASE_PATH)

into

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if(BASE_PATH === NULL

that worked but it messed up my websites interface.

Posted 6-Aug-18 0:04am

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Updated 6-Aug-18 18:04pm

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Jochen Arndt · Answer 1 · 2018-08-06T00:47:00

PHP: empty - Manual[^] determines if a variable is considered to be empty but BASE_PATH is a named constant.

To check if a named constant is defined use PHP: defined - Manual[^].

But a named constant might be defined and empty. So you would have to assign the constant to a variable:

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if (defined('BASE_PATH')) {
    $base = BASE_PATH;
    // or: $base = constant(BASE_PATH);
    if (empty($temp)) {
        $base = __DIR__;
    }
}

Overall it would be probably better to use a variable initially instead of a named constant.