Req #69980 [Com]: Support to private/protected const on classes

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69980&edit=1 ID: 69980 Comment by: sean at siobud dot com Reported by: david dot proweb at gmail dot com Summary: Support to private/protected const on classes Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Class/Object related PHP Version: 7.0.0alpha2 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This is a duplicate of https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=27022 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-07-02 12:05:48] david dot proweb at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Currently, const defined in classes are always public. I suggest allow private/protected it. It'll allow I define my own private/protected constants inside my class, without need create a static private/protected property to store this kind of data. Currently: class Test { private static $VERSION_MATCH = '/^\d+\.\d+$/'; public static function match($version) { return preg_match(self::$VERSION_MATCH, $version); } } After implementation: class Test { private const VERSION_MATCH = '/^\d+\.\d+$/'; public static function match($version) { return preg_match(self::VERSION_MATCH, $version); } } Imagine that I don't want that this const be public. class_statement: variable_modifiers property_list ';' ~ | class_member_modifier T_CONST class_const_list ';' | T_USE name_list trait_adaptations | method_modifiers function returns_ref identifier '(' parameter_list ')' return_type backup_doc_comment method_body; + class_member_modifier: + /* empty */ + | T_PUBLIC + | T_PROTECTED + | T_PRIVATE + | T_FINAL; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69980&edit=1