From: tomas_matousek at hotmail dot com
Operating system: WinXP
PHP version: 5.0.0
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: Resources should be scalars
Description:
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A resource can be defined as a constant:
e.g. define("my_file",fopen(...)); or STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR in CLI mode.
In the "Constants" manual section constant values are constrained to
scalars only.
"Only scalar data (boolean, integer, float and string) can be contained in
constants."
However, a resource is not a scalar (is_scalar returns false).
Moreover, a NULL can be used as a value of a constant.
It's a mess, isn't it?
IMHO a resource should be a scalar. Such a change is acceptable since
there is a notice in the is_scalar() function description which allows it:
"Note:
is_scalar() does not consider resource type values to be scalar as
resources are abstract datatypes which are currently based on integers.
This implementation detail should not be relied upon, as it may change."
And there should be stated in the constants section of the manual that a
NULL can be also a constant (don't forget to correct an error message
which is reported if one tries to define a constant with a value being
e.g. an array or object).
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29534&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=trysnapshot4
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29534&r=float
