Re: Has this always been the case?

Richard Quadling <rquadling@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > > Both > > <?php > class Oddity{ > public $var = 'a' . 'b'; > } > ?> > From http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.properties.php: "This declaration may include an initialization, but this initialization must be a constant value--that is, it must be able to be evaluated at compile time and must not depend on run-time information in order to be evaluated." > and > > <?php > class Oddity{ > const A_VAR = 'a' . 'b'; > } > ?> > > produce ... > > PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting ',' or > ';' in - > on line 3 From http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.constants.php: "The value must be a constant expression, not (for example) a variable, a property, a result of a mathematical operation, or a function call." > > For properties, has this always been the case? > > Admittedly, this is the first time I've ever written code to assign a > concatenated string to a static property ... > > static protected $s_NormaliserScript = __DIR__ . '/normalizedError.php'; > > And I was just surprised. > > That's all. > > Regards, > > Richard. > > P.S. Happy Friday! > > > -- > Richard Quadling > Twitter : @RQuadling > EE : http://e-e.com/M_248814.html > Zend : http://bit.ly/9O8vFY