Re: Re: Enforce a constant in a class.

2010/1/22 Pete Ford <pete@justcroft.com>: > IMHO, a constant is not the correct beastie in this case - if you want it to > be different depending on the implementation then it ain't a constant! > > You should probably have protected static variables in the interface, and > use the implementation's constructor to set the implementation-specific > value (or override the default) > > interface SetKillSwitch > { >        protected static $isSet = TRUE; >        protected static $notes; >        protected static $date = '2010-01-22T11:23:32+0000'; > } > > class KilledClass implements SetKillSwitch > { >        public function __construct() >        { >                self::$isSet = FALSE; >                self::$date = '2010-01-21T09:30:00+0000'; >                self::$notes = "Test"; >        } > } > > Cheers > Pete Ford And of course, "Fatal error: Interfaces may not include member variables". -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling