#50656 [NEW]: Assign constant to var causes syntax error

From: willirl at gmail dot com Operating system: mac os x 10.6 PHP version: 5.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Compile Failure Bug description: Assign constant to var causes syntax error Description: ------------ This error is on Mac 10.6 has PHP 5.3.0 which is not shown in version selector. The code causes this error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VAR in /Users/willirl/Desktop/TEST Files/test.php on line 6 Reproduce code: --------------- <?php define('A_CONSTANT', 25); var $abc = A_CONSTANT; ?> Expected result: ---------------- No error. $abc set to 25. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50656&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50656&r=mysqlcfg