Bug #54366 [NEW]: Constants in and among classes, in simulating structs -and- static variables

From: Operating system: Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit PHP version: 5.3.6 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Constants in and among classes, in simulating structs -and- static variables Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.oop5.constants --- //Simulate Struct class VolumeWeight { const GRAMS = 'gm'; const MILILITRE = 'ml'; } - or - class VolumeWeight { public static $GRAMS = 'gm'; public static $MILILITRE = 'ml'; } Then have another (extended) struct class WaterBottle { public static $ITEM_ID = 1324; public static $ITEM_COST = 0.23; public static $UNIT = VolumeWeight::$MILILITRE; //Yields an error } - BUT - class WaterBottle { public static $ITEM_ID = 1324; public static $ITEM_COST = 0.23; public static $UNIT = VolumeWeight::MILILITRE; //Works (from constant class) } - AND - class WaterBottle { const ITEM_ID = 1324; const ITEM_COST = 0.23; const UNIT = VolumeWeight::MILILITRE; //Error (from constant class) } How weird is that? Anything I can do? -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54366&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54366&r=mysqlcfg