Doc #68177 [Ver]: declare() + named constant = "Cannot convert to ordinal value"

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68177&edit=1 ID: 68177 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: mikko dot rantalainen at peda dot net Summary: declare() + named constant = "Cannot convert to ordinal value" Status: Verified Type: Documentation Problem -Package: Compile Warning +Package: Documentation problem Operating System: Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS PHP Version: 5.6.1 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-10-23 19:53:35] aharvey@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of aharvey Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=335128 Log: Clarify what types of values can be given to declare directives. Fixes doc bug #68177 (declare() + named constant = &quot;Cannot convert to ordinal value&quot;). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-10-17 11:39:27] tyrael@php.net declare is a compile time construct, and you can't use variables, constants or expressions with it, because they aren't resolved yet. so this shortcoming is expected and http://www.php.net/declare should be updated to explain this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-10-07 13:17:27] mikko dot rantalainen at peda dot net Description: ------------ The declare construct raises a warning "Cannot convert to ordinal value" if a named constant is used as a parameter. If this is intentional limitation, it should be documented. Otherwise, this is a bug. Test case at http://3v4l.org/YFZ4D Test script: --------------- <?php define("CONFIG_TICKS", 1); declare(ticks=CONFIG_TICKS); $x = "test"; Expected result: ---------------- The declared value of 'ticks' should be 1 and the script should emit no output. Actual result: -------------- Warning: Cannot convert to ordinal value in /in/YFZ4D on line 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68177&edit=1