Posted by J.O. Aho on 12/08/07 05:27

adam.timberlake@gmail.com wrote:

> My server is CentOS 4 or 5, I forget which,

cat /etc/issue
That should tell you a bit about which version you are using


> running PHP 4.1.0 with
> MySQL 5, I think. The line that it shows me the error on is:

This makes me believe it's NOT CentOS5.


> const OPT_FILE = 'talkphp_conversion_rates.json';
> Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_OLD_FUNCTION' or
> `T_FUNCTION'...

const can only be used in a class, so

<?PHP
const OPT_FILE = 'talkphp_conversion_rates.json';
?>

will genereate your error message

<?PHP
class something {
const OPT_FILE = 'talkphp_conversion_rates.json';
}
?>

This would be ok.

If you want to use a "constatn" outside a class, you have to use define as
Jerry suggested.


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//Aho

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