Java static final members in PHP 4?

[trexx]

in java you do:

public class Test
{
	public static final int MODE_READ = 0;
	public static final int MODE_WRITE = 1;

public static doSomething( int mode )
{
	// do something with the mode	
}
}

System.out.println( "(int) mode is:" + Test.MODE_READ );

is there a way have the same in PHP? without instantiating a class? Or do i have to wait until PHP 5? My PHP version of the code above is somehow ugly and unsatisfying 🙁

define( 'TEST_MODE_READ', 0 );
define( 'TEST_MODE_WRITE', 1 );

class Test
{
	function doSomething( $mode )
	{
		// do something with the mode	
	}
}

echo "(int) mode is:" + TEST_MODE_READ;

[Mordecai]

I'm not really sure what you mean by "static final members." It's been a long time since I've even seen java code, let alone program some of it.

[trexx]

errr... forget the member-stuff =) guess that's just an expression we use here in switzerland g... more official you'd call them member-variables. but anyway...

In java you define "constants" that belong to a certain class like i did in the first piece of code. and i want to have the same in PHP =)

[laserlight]

I dont think you can do that, OO support for PHP4 isnt very extensive.