#43881 [NEW]: Example #1 for class constants shows error

From: paramount_98 at hotmail dot com Operating system: RHEL 5 PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Example #1 for class constants shows error Description: ------------ Run example #1 on PHP 5.2.5 produces parse error. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class MyClass { const constant = 'constant value'; function showConstant() { echo self::constant . "\n"; } } echo MyClass::constant . "\n"; $classname = "MyClass"; echo $classname::constant . "\n"; $class = new MyClass(); $class->showConstant(); echo $class::constant."\n"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- outputs 'constant value' Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM, expecting ',' or ';' in /www/mydomain.com/httpdocs/class-constant-test.php on line 14 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43881&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43881&r=mysqlcfg