Re: Access property of object stored in a constant

On 18-8-2023 17:27, Ilija Tovilo wrote:

Hi everyone Since https://wiki.php.net/rfc/new_in_initializers we can store objects in global constants. However, we may not actually read or write to the properties of those objects without first fetching the constant into a local variable. const a = new stdClass; a->b = 42; // Fatal error: Cannot use temporary expression in write context $a = a; $a->b = 42; // Works fine This issue was reported twice, so it seems like this code is generally expected to work. https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/10497 https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/11781 I have created a patch here to add support for this syntax: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/11788 Since this is a language change I would like to ask for feedback before merging. As always, if there are concerns I will create a small RFC instead. I will also only merge this for 8.4, as feature freeze for 8.3 has long passed. Ilija

I totally understand that people are trying to do this, but this still very much feels like scope creep. IIRC the new in initializers feature was _intended_ only for enums (which can't take properties). Now suddenly a "constant" would no longer be constant... In which case, what's the point of declaring it as a constant ? Smile, Juliette