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Bug #50656 Assign constant to var causes syntax error
Submitted: 2010-01-04 15:07 UTC Modified: 2010-01-04 15:15 UTC
From: willirl at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Compile Failure
PHP Version: 5.3.1 OS: mac os x 10.6
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-01-04 15:07 UTC] willirl at gmail dot com 
Description:
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This error is on Mac 10.6 has PHP 5.3.0 which is not shown in version selector.

The code causes this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VAR in /Users/willirl/Desktop/TEST Files/test.php on line 6

Reproduce code:
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<?php

define('A_CONSTANT', 25);


var $abc = A_CONSTANT;

?>

Expected result:
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No error.  $abc set to 25.

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 [2010-01-04 15:15 UTC] johannes@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

Drop the \"var\" keyword.
 
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