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Request #30177 Allow concatenating in class constant values
Submitted: 2004-09-21 12:31 UTC Modified: 2014-03-05 21:20 UTC
Votes:7
Avg. Score:4.4 ± 0.7
Reproduced:5 of 5 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (20.0%)
Same OS:1 (20.0%)
From: guth at fiifo dot u-psud dot fr Assigned: requinix (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: * OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2004-09-21 12:31 UTC] guth at fiifo dot u-psud dot fr
Description:
------------
hello,

const is too restrictive in PHP.

I think it could be a good idea that the following code worked as expected.

If the constant is not defined, PHP could print a NOTICE and use the name of the constant instead.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?

define("ROOT", $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);

class FIIFO {

	const PATH = ROOT."/path/to/this/class";



}
?>

Expected result:
----------------
As PATH is a constant,

(FIIFO::PATH == "/www/path/to/this/class") for example.



Actual result:
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A parse error...

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 [2010-12-28 12:46 UTC] jani@php.net
-Summary: Change for const +Summary: Allow concatenating in constant values -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: Scripting Engine problem -Operating System: Linux (mandrake 10) +Operating System: * -PHP Version: 5.0.1 +PHP Version: *
 [2010-12-29 12:23 UTC] jani@php.net
-Summary: Allow concatenating in constant values +Summary: Allow concatenating in class constant values
 [2013-07-04 00:44 UTC] minchuk dot john at gmail dot com
Is this a bug or by design?  This produces the same error.  

        define("ASDF", "5678");

        $qwer = "1234" . ASDF;          //works fine

        $dude = new dude();             //errors here

        class dude {
                public $numbs = "1234" . ASDF;  //error
        }
 [2014-03-05 20:32 UTC] narf at devilix dot net
This has been implemented in PHP 5.6

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/const_scalar_exprs
 [2014-03-05 21:20 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: requinix
 
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