#47751 [Opn->Csd]: define() allows resources as values

ID: 47751 Updated by: kalle@php.net Reported By: mgkimsal at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: any PHP Version: Irrelevant 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. Seems like I forgot to add that to the define page while I updated the constants.syntax page. But yes, resource constants are allowed but it was decided to leave the implementation as it is now for BC. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-03-23 00:31:47] mgkimsal at gmail dot com Description: ------------ This is a duplicate of http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29534 which is 4.5 years old now. The comment 3 years ago was that the XML docs had been updated, but the current PHP doc page for define still shows that "only scalar and null values are allowed. Scalar values are integer, float, string or boolean values." This is still wrong. Either the docs need to be updated to indicate resources are allowed, or PHP needs to be updated to throw an error when a resource is define()d. Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: function.define --- <?php $f = fopen(__FILE__,"r"); define('x',$f); fclose($f); $g = fread(x,400); echo $g; echo x; echo constant('x'); Expected result: ---------------- some sort of error Actual result: -------------- the program prints out itself (because I'm read the fopen of __FILE__) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=47751&edit=1