Re: Initializing constants once, with code?

> On Jan 2, 2020, at 7:09 PM, tyson andre <tysonandre775@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> The problem with using constants is that the value is still hardcoded >> and if we later want to change to pulling the data from a config file >> we have to change all the code that uses those constants. > > It's possible to work around this by using a unique constant name > and define('unique_name', $dynamicExpression) > (and const MY_CLASS_CONST = \unique_name;) I do appreciate the attempt to come up with something that is a workaround. That said, I definitely do not want to do is start using "clever" code in my implementations because — one day — someone else will have to maintain what I write. Really, I was just asking for a discussion of potentially allowing for one-time initialization via code for constants and via a straightforward, obvious syntax and standardized syntax. Effectively I am just asking for immutable static values in a class that can be access vis the <Class>::<ImmutableValue> syntax. -Mike