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rtheunissen
rtheunissen

Reputation: 7435

PHP syntax error when declaring a constant

The error I'm getting here is:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'CASE' (T_CASE), expecting identifier (T_STRING) in [filename] on line 4

<?php

class PartCategories {
    const CASE = 1;
    const PROCESSOR = 2;
    const HARD_DRIVE = 3;
    const MEMORY = 4;
}

Can't say I've tried anything but for the life of me can't see what's wrong here.

Why is this a syntax error?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2538

Answers (2)

intekhab
intekhab

Reputation: 1596

First of all you should know that PHP is not case sensitive. So "case", "Case", "caSE", "CAsE" and like are same thing.

And you already know that case is a php reserved keyword it can't be use for variable name.

You can initialize your class like $obj = new PartCategories();
or paRTCATEgories();
or PARTCATEGORIES();
mEANS tO sAY THAt PHp iS CaSE INSEnsitive.

Upvotes: 0

Kokos
Kokos

Reputation: 9121

case or CASE is already reserved by PHP for the switch statement. You can't redefine this as a constant, just as you cant define a const FUNCTION or something similar.

You're going to have to change the name of the constant.

Upvotes: 3

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