#31554 [NEW]: can't assign function output to class constant

From: Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:16:23 +0000
Subject: #31554 [NEW]: can't assign function output to class constant
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From: pcarmody at c-spanarchives dot org Operating system: SunOS 5.8 PHP version: 5.0.3 PHP Bug Type: *General Issues Bug description: can't assign function output to class constant Description: ------------ Attempting to use a function to generate the value for assignment to a class constant causes a parse error. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class MyClass { const good = "Blah"; // will work const bad = substr(0, 3, "Blah"); // results in parse error } ?> Actual result: -------------- Parse error: parse error, unexpected '(', expecting ',' or ';' -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=31554&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31554&r=mysqlcfg

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