#32842 [NEW]: Constants cannot have visibility modifiers

From: rael at grad dot icmc dot usp dot br Operating system: Windows XP Professional with SP2 PHP version: 5.0.4 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Constants cannot have visibility modifiers Description: ------------ In a class, a constant cannot have visibility modifiers. This is weird. In other languages, like Java, constants can be public or private, etc. Reproduce code: --------------- <? class MyClass{ private const foo = "foo"; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- No runtime errors. Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONST, expecting T_VARIABLE in D:\Develop\www\teste\const.php on line 4 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32842&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32842&r=mysqlcfg