On 19 April 2010 16:18, Gary . <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Peter Lind <peter.e.lind@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 19 April 2010 14:24, Gary wrote: >>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Peter Lind wrote: > >>>> So no, you shouldn't be able to do that. >>> >>> Okay. Why not? >> >> Hate to ask, but did you at any point consider to read the PHP docs on >> this? The bit I sent or what you could gather from the link posted? > > Yes. The question remains. > Per the PHP manual: "The value must be a constant expression". Is something that depends on other classes, variables or functions constant? If you're asking why a constant should be constant, I can only point you to Ashleys answer or google. Regards Peter -- <hype> WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fake51 BeWelcome: Fake51 Couchsurfing: Fake51 </hype> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php