#49911 [NEW]: new const keyword outside a class definition

From: admin at d9tx dot com Operating system: all PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: new const keyword outside a class definition Description: ------------ comparison const and define. define() allows expressions as the value. but const only allows scalar. Reproduce code: --------------- const FIRST_CONSTANT = __DIR__.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR; // parse error define('SECOND_CONSTANT', __DIR__.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR); // this work const THIRD_CONSTANT = SECOND_CONSTANT; // this work too Expected result: ---------------- const FIRST_CONSTANT = __DIR__.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR; // expected same define() work define('SECOND_CONSTANT', __DIR__.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR); // this work const THIRD_CONSTANT = SECOND_CONSTANT; // this work too -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49911&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49911&r=mysqlcfg