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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] unable to create class from constant
From: sean@caedmon.net (Sean Coates)

> But I was wondering if anyone could enlighten me as to why php would
> be upset interpreting the constant as the class name.  Thanks.

class Foo {
  function get_name() { return 'Foo'; }
}

class Bar {
  function get_name() { return 'Bar'; }
}

define('Foo', 'Bar');

$C = new Foo();
echo $C->get_name();
// output: Foo
// you might have been expecting: Bar

This "issue" also affects static method calls:
Foo::get_name();
// returns: Foo
// even though Foo (the constant) resolves to: Bar

HTH.

S