ID: 42355 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: adam dot huttler at fracturedatlas dot org -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Class/Object related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.2.3 New Comment:
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php You can only initialize class constants with constant values. You pass a statement which has to be evaluated at runtime, while the class constants are defined at compile time which comes earlier. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-08-20 22:18:06] adam dot huttler at fracturedatlas dot org Description: ------------ When defining a global constant, you can concatenate a string to another constant. Doing this with class constants causes a parse error. If this isn't considered a bug, please consider it a feature request, as it would be very useful for configuration (especially file paths). Thanks. Reproduce code: --------------- define('FOO', 'foo'); class Foobar { const MESSAGE = FOO . 'bar'; } echo Foobar::MESSAGE; Expected result: ---------------- foobar Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting ',' or ';' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42355&edit=1
