note 81072 added to language.oop5.constants

pre 5.3 can refer a class using variable and get constants with: function get_class_const($class, $const){ return constant(sprintf('%s::%s', $class, $const)); } class Foo{ const BAR = 'foobar'; } $class = 'Foo'; echo get_class_const($class, 'BAR'); //'foobar' ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 88.112.255.187 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.constants.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/81072 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81072/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81072/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81072/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81072/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81072/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81072/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81072 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/81072 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php