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Request #63959 Class constant assignment doesn't make sense
Submitted: 2013-01-10 11:00 UTC Modified: 2013-01-11 00:46 UTC
Votes:2
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Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
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From: kevin at happycactus dot nl Assigned:
Status: Duplicate Package: Variables related
PHP Version: 5.4.10 OS: Windows Server 2012 Standard
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2013-01-10 11:00 UTC] kevin at happycactus dot nl
Description:
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We have to work around certain unnecessary limitations regarding class constants.
See 'Test script' for complete details on what bothers me (and other PHP 
developers)

Test script:
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// Example 1: valid
const IMAGE_ROOT = '/www/public/img';

// Example 2: valid
define ('PUBLIC_ROOT', '/www/public');
define ('IMAGE_ROOT', PUBLIC_ROOT . '/img');
const FOO = IMAGE_ROOT;

// Example 3: invalid
define ('PUBLIC_ROOT', '/www/public');
const IMAGE_ROOT = PUBLIC_ROOT . '/img';

According to the manual:
"The value must be a constant expression, not (for example) a variable,
a property, a result of a mathematical operation, or a function call."

My question is: why is the concatenation of one or more CONSTANT values
prohibited in PHP? It doesn't have any added value, and even worse: makes
source code less readable because we have to clutter it with defined named constants or replace them with static properties as means of a workaround.


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 [2013-01-11 00:46 UTC] aharvey@php.net
Duplicate of request #30177.
 [2013-01-11 00:46 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Duplicate
 
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