Req #67104 [NEW]: Behaviour of defining constants is inconsistent and misleading

From: ss23 at ss23 dot geek dot nz Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Behaviour of defining constants is inconsistent and misleading Description: ------------ The current behaviour is very confusing. Test script: --------------- <?php define('TRUE', false); var_dump(true); var_dump(TRUE); var_dump(constant('TRUE')); var_dump(constant('true')); Expected result: ---------------- Anything but this. An E_ERROR (or even E_WARNING) on the initial define would be enough. Actual result: -------------- bool(true) bool(true) bool(false) bool(true) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67104&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67104&r=mysqlcfg