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Request #67334 I can change the constant value using define method.
Submitted: 2014-05-23 11:35 UTC Modified: 2014-05-23 15:59 UTC
From: gangadhar dot kasim at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.4.28 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2014-05-23 11:35 UTC] gangadhar dot kasim at gmail dot com
Description:
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If I pass the optional third parameter in DEFINE method as TRUE, it is allowing me to override the existing value of a constant. This is not the expected behavior as constant's value should not be changed once it is declared.  

Test script:
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define("GREETING", "Hello you.",true);
echo GREETING;  // outputs "Hello you." 
echo "before changing the constant value <br/>"; //before changing the constant value

define("GREETING", "sample value.");
echo GREETING; // outputs "sample value."
echo "<br/>";


Expected result:
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constant's value should not be changed once it is declared.

Actual result:
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it is allowing me to override the existing value of a constant.   

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 [2014-05-23 15:59 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2014-05-23 15:59 UTC] aharvey@php.net
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

This is weird (and certainly a misfeature), but documented: case insensitive constant names are stored in lowercase, so internally, greeting and GREETING are different constants and hence an error isn't generated.
 
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