class My_class
{
const STATUS_ERROR = 0;
const STATUS_OK = 1;
const DB_TABLE = TABLE_PREFIX . 'class_table';
}
The two status consts work fine and can be accessed within class methods as self::STATUS_ERROR
and self::STATUS_OK
just fine.
The issue is one of how to stop the following error being thrown when I try to define the third constant.
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting ',' or ';' in /home/sub/sub/directory/script.php
You don't. Constants are constant. You can't store anything in them.
You can use a static property though.
class My_Class {
public static $DB_TABLE;
}
My_Class::$DB_TABLE = TABLE_PREFIX . 'class_table';
You can't do it within the declaration, so you might prefer a static method instead.
class My_Class {
public static function dbTable() {
return TABLE_PREFIX . 'class_table';
}
}
a const must be defined with a constant value, they can't be the result of an expression
http://www.phpbuilder.com/manual/en/language.oop5.constants.php