note 94604 added to language.oop5.constants

Note that since constants are tied to the class definition, they are static by definition and cannot be accessed using the -> operator. A side effect of this is that it's entirely possible for a class constant to have the same name as a property (static or object): <?php class Foo { const foo = 'bar'; public $foo = 'foobar'; const bar = 'foo'; static $bar = 'foobar'; } var_dump(foo::$bar); // static property var_dump(foo::bar); // class constant $bar = new Foo(); var_dump($bar->foo); // object property var_dump(bar::foo); // class constant ?> ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 67.237.238.105 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.constants.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/94604 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94604/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94604/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94604/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94604/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94604/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94604/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94604 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/94604 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php