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Request #81241 quoted strings should support "{$this::constant}"
Submitted: 2021-07-09 13:10 UTC Modified: 2021-07-12 14:15 UTC
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From: divinity76 at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Open Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: Next Minor Version OS:
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 [2021-07-09 13:10 UTC] divinity76 at gmail dot com
Description:
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the same way "{$this->foo}" and $this->foo and this::CONSTANT is legal, "{$this::CONSTANT}" should also be legal

Test script:
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<?php
class C{
    const CON=456;
    function f(){
        echo "123{$this::CON}";
    }
}
(new C())->f();

Expected result:
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123456

Actual result:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token "}", expecting "->" or "?->" or "{" or "[" in /in/PIN5O on line 5


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 [2021-07-12 14:15 UTC] nikic@php.net
The current limitation here is that that it start's with {$ and the contents of {} are a "variable". Class constants aren't considered a variable. This could be relaxed in two ways:

 * Specifically allow class constants in addition to variables.
 * Allow any expression (subject to the limitation that it must start with $). This would also make something like "{$a + $b}" valid, but not "{1 + $a}".

Both are backwards compatible, in that they only allow things that were previously a syntax error. This is unlike the case where "{any expression}" is allowed, which would be a major break.

In any case, such a change would need an RFC.
 
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