note 124670 added to language.constants

define('MYKEY', 'The value is from outside of class'); class Abc{ const MAX = 10; public function __construct(){ define('TEST', 'hello world! '); // using define function in class constructor } public function getOutput(){ echo TEST . MYKEY . PHP_EOL; // accessing constants from outside of class } } $obj = new Abc(); // define function will call $obj->getOutput(); // hello world! The value is from outside of class echo Abc::MAX . PHP_EOL; // 10 - accessing constant using scope resolution echo TEST; // hello world! Because the constants is defined while constructor call ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 185.85.3.195 (proxied: 103.135.232.27) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/language.constants.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/124670 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124670/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124670/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124670/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124670/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124670/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124670/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124670 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/124670 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php