On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 18:56 -0400, Robert Cummings wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 15:24 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote:
> > *sigh*
> >
> > Why is PHP so lame...
>
>
> Why are you trolling on the PHP list?
>
> >
> > <?php
> > class PHPISLAME
> > {
> > const STOP = 0;
> > const START = 1;
> > const PAUSE = 2;
> >
> > public static $STATES = array(
> > STOP => 'Stopped',
> > START => 'Started',
> > PAUSE => 'Paused'
> > );
> >
> > public static $STATESHACK = array(
> > 0 => 'Stopped',
> > 1 => 'Started',
> > 2 => 'Paused'
> > );
> > }
> >
> > print_r(PHPISLAME::$STATES);
> >
> > print_r(PHPISLAME::$STATESHACK);
> > ?>
> >
> > What is this crap!!?:
> > Array ( [STOP] => Stopped [START] => Started [PAUSE] => Paused )
> >
> > Array ( [0] => Stopped [1] => Started [2] => Paused )
>
> PHP assumes type string for for undefined constants. If you weren't so
> lame and had error reporting at a high enough level you would have been
> well notified. My guess is that you are referencing a constant before
> the class has been declared. You are expecting that the class
> information exists at the same time of declaration. While I'm sure there
> are ways to make it happen, it's up to you to ask the PHP internals to
> solve your chicken egg problem... and I doubt it will happen with your
> lame attitude.
Furthermore, you aren't even using them properly. The documentation
clearly shows the following usage:
ClassName::constant
self::constant
parent::constant
Sheeeeeeesh!
Cheers,
Rob.
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