Bug #74044 [NEW]: Parse error when using $this::CONSTRANT in Heredoc

From: olivier dot laviale at gmail dot com Operating system: MacOS PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Parse error when using $this::CONSTRANT in Heredoc Description: ------------ Using {$this::CONSTANT} in Heredoc causes a parse error. Test script: --------------- <?php class A { const A = 'a'; static private $c; public function render() { return <<<EOT '{$this::$c}' '{$this::A}' EOT; } } Expected result: ---------------- {$this::A} should yield the constant value in Heredoc. Actual result: -------------- 7.0.0 - 7.1.1: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting '[' 5.6.0 - 5.6.30: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting '(' -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74044&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74044&r=mysqlcfg