Re: Class Constant PHP 5
| From: | Stephen Leaf | Date: | Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:20:34 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Class Constant PHP 5 | ||
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Dynamically setting a constant would break the very rule of it being a
constant in the first place.
a constant is something that does not change it cannot be dynamic.
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 12:00, Jeffrey Sambells wrote:
> is there a way to dynamically define a class constant during runtime
> in PHP 5?
>
> for example I would like to achieve the result of something like:
>
> class Example {
> const FOO = bar();
> }
>
> However this would obviously give a parse error.
>
> I know it is possible with variables but I would like it to be a
> constant.
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Jeff
>
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