Bug #72920 [Opn->Csd]: Accessing a private constant using constant() creates an exception AND warning

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72920&edit=1 ID: 72920 Updated by: laruence@php.net Reported by: suralc dot github at gmail dot com Summary: Accessing a private constant using constant() creates an exception AND warning -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: *General Issues PHP Version: 7.1.0beta3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Automatic comment on behalf of laruence@gmail.com Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=434ae90e852ed2b39432baf30d928e26b834c03e Log: Fixed bug #72920 (Accessing a private constant using constant() creates an exception AND warning) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-08-22 11:27:47] suralc dot github at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Accessing a private class constant using constant() triggers an exception (as expected) and a warning. The function should only use one way to report the inaccessible constant; prefferably the Error/Exception. Removing the warning from the constant() function would result in the same behaviour as accessing the constant directly. A small test script is attached, a slightly larger version is linked here: https://3v4l.org/JY1AO Test script: --------------- <?php class Foo { private const C1 = "a"; } try { var_dump(constant('Foo::C1')); } catch(Error $e) { echo 'Caught'; } Expected result: ---------------- Caught Actual result: -------------- Warning: constant(): Couldn't find constant Foo::C1 in ??? on line 8 Caught ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72920&edit=1