note 120939 added to function.constant

// constant() It may be obvious (but I haven't found it written literally nowhere), that trying to read the class constant's value using constant() function, tries to autoload the class in which the constant is defined (if the class is not already loaded) before generating error. At least in my php 5.5.9. <?php $majorPriority = constant('vendor\\package\\SomeClass::MAJOR'); // autoloading here ?> ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 213.155.166.101 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.constant.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/120939 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120939/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120939/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120939/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120939/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120939/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120939/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120939 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/120939 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php