#29022 [NEW]: "Warning: Constants may only evaluate to scalar values" on valid constant defin

From: johfivealive at hotmail dot com Operating system: Fedora Core 2 PHP version: 5.0.0RC3 PHP Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem Bug description: "Warning: Constants may only evaluate to scalar values" on valid constant defin Description: ------------ using the define() function I get a warning when I don't think I should. Reproduce code: --------------- define( "LOGIK_MYSQL_HOST", $config->getMySQLHost() ); where $config->getMySQLHost() returns a string. The following code makes the warning go away: define( "LOGIK_MYSQL_HOST", (string) $config->getMySQLHost() ); Expected result: ---------------- define( "LOGIK_MYSQL_HOST", $config->getMySQLHost() ); should not produce a warning Actual result: -------------- define( "LOGIK_MYSQL_HOST", $config->getMySQLHost() ); produces the following warning: "Warning: Constants may only evaluate to scalar values" even though $config->getMySQLHost() returns a scalar, have to cast to string in order to make the warning go away -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29022&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29022&r=float