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Request #62029 Allow expressions for const
Submitted: 2012-05-14 15:53 UTC Modified: 2014-08-30 07:57 UTC
Votes:4
Avg. Score:3.5 ± 1.7
Reproduced:2 of 3 (66.7%)
Same Version:1 (50.0%)
Same OS:2 (100.0%)
From: zyss at mail dot zp dot ua Assigned: requinix (profile)
Status: Closed Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.3.13 OS: All
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2012-05-14 15:53 UTC] zyss at mail dot zp dot ua
Description:
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Currently PHP supports global constant definition using keyword const instead of ugly define() function call.

The problem is that const definition doesn't allow expressions to be used to define a constant.

So please implement the ability to use expressions when using const keyword.

Test script:
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<?php
  const TIMEOUT = 10 * 60;

  const SITE_ROOT = __DIR__;
  const PAGES_DIR = '/pages/';
  const PAGES_ROOT = SITE_ROOT . PAGES_DIR;

Expected result:
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All constants defined.

Actual result:
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Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '*', expecting ',' or ';' in ...

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