note 70976 added to language.oop5.constants

In the same way "define()" can be used to create a GLOBAL constant that can be assigned as the value of a CLASS constant (like anonymous (31-May-2006 10:03) noted a few posts back), MAGIC constants (__LINE__, __FILE__, etc.) can also be assigned to a CLASS constant :-) Note that an instance of ReflectionClass can be used to obtain the exact same info that magic constants can offer you... <?php class MyClass { const FILE_I_AM_IN = __FILE__; } echo MyClass::FILE_I_AM_IN; ?> This outputs the file the class definition is located in, as expected. Notes on the other magic constants: __LINE__ = does output the correct line but... is of course completely useless... __FUNCTION__ = does not output anything. __METHOD__ = outputs the class name! ---- Server IP: 66.163.161.117 Probable Submitter: 81.202.169.167 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.constants.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/70976 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70976/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70976/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70976/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70976/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70976/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70976/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70976 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/70976 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php