Bug #68579 [NEW]: Unable to define fraction const in classes

From: randomdev4+phpbugs at gmail dot com Operating system: Ubuntu 14.04LTS PHP version: 5.5.19 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Unable to define fraction const in classes Description: ------------ As per test script, define() works, and a simple variable works. But the moment you try to define a const in a class, PHP complains with the error below: Parse error: parse error, expecting ','' or ';'' in /Users/ben/test.php on line 8 Test script: --------------- <?php define(X,1/8); echo X."\n"; $y=1/8; echo $y."\n"; class foo { const bar = 1/8; } ?> -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68579&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68579&r=mysqlcfg