On Saturday, 30 April 2011 at 17:52, Andre Polykanine wrote:
Hello Walkinraven,
>
> I use serialize for that.
> define("MY_CONSTANT", serialize(array("1", "2", "hello")));
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That's not a class constant. That type of constant is not defined until that line is executed (so an array is a valid value), whereas class constants are declared when the file is parsed.
-Stuart
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> ------------ Original message ------------
> From: Walkinraven <walkinraven@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Date created: , 12:51:15 PM
> Subject: Why Constants could Not be Array?
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>
> For needing a constants=array, I have to use
> 'public static $a = array(...)'
>
> instead.
>
> Why the language could not relax the restriction of constants?
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