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Doc Bug #20437 static $m=1|2;
Submitted: 2002-11-14 21:45 UTC Modified: 2003-08-15 20:33 UTC
From: rrobin at greenapple dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4.2.1 OS: Any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-11-14 21:45 UTC] rrobin at greenapple dot com 
it seems that i cannot do
static $m=1|2|4;

getting rid of the static would compile it.

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 [2002-11-15 01:03 UTC] derick@php.net 
From http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.php:

Note:  In PHP 4, only constant initializers for var  variables are allowed. To initialize variables with non-constant values, you need an initialization function which is called automatically when an object is being constructed from the class. Such a function is called a constructor (see below).
 [2002-11-15 17:55 UTC] rrobin at greenapple dot com 
i am not in the class,
the whole file contains only
<?php
static $m=1|2;
?>
 [2002-11-15 17:57 UTC] derick@php.net 
hmm, not so sure if this is expected or a bug, Andi?

Derick
 [2002-11-15 18:19 UTC] msopacua@php.net 
Any expression or function call, doesn't work with a static declaration. It's documented through the user notes at:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.scope.php
posting by "tomek at pluton dot pl".

It does IMO deserve proper documentation, because downloadable docs, don't contain the user notes.
 [2003-08-15 20:33 UTC] ali@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged
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In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at
http://www.php.net/manual/.

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Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

I added a note with an example to the docs, which should 
clarify the behaviour of static vars when values are assigned 
to them.
 [2020-02-07 06:12 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of ali
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=ffc7a9431dc7af50d3ba379eb5209bb91489537b
Log: fixed #20437 by adding a note
 
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