#30177 [NEW]: Change for const

From: guth at fiifo dot u-psud dot fr Operating system: Linux (mandrake 10) PHP version: 5.0.1 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Change for const Description: ------------ hello, const is too restrictive in PHP. I think it could be a good idea that the following code worked as expected. If the constant is not defined, PHP could print a NOTICE and use the name of the constant instead. Reproduce code: --------------- <? define("ROOT", $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']); class FIIFO { const PATH = ROOT."/path/to/this/class"; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- As PATH is a constant, (FIIFO::PATH == "/www/path/to/this/class") for example. Actual result: -------------- A parse error... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30177&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=float MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30177&r=mysqlcfg