Plus as it is a constant it's value cannot be changed in the context of the object. However you could implement a method for this, e.g. get_status(); which then returns an array. But the final keyword would be more comfortable....
"Sebastian Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sebastian Bergmann schrieb: >> Sebastian Schneider schrieb: >>> public static final $bar = "foobar's world"; >> >> We have the const keyword for that. >> > > But doesn't work with arrays, e.g. > > public class Result { > const DECISION_PERMIT = 0; > const DECISION_DENY = 1; > const DECISION_INDETERMINATE = 2; > const DECISION_NOT_APPLICABLE = 3; > > const DECISIONS = array( 'Permit', 'Deny', 'Indeterminate', > NotApplicable' ); > > //.... > > } > > thus you need to work around with private/protected statics, which > seems to be incoherent to me. -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php