Undefined Class Constant using PHP version 5 - Help

[Phil Powell]

[PHP]
class NicknameVerifier {

function NicknameVerifier() {}

function isValid() {
if ($fileID) {
$content = fread($fileID, HTMLRetriever::MAX_URL_SIZE);
fclose($fileID);
if ($content) $this->setErrorArray(array('nickname' =>
$content)); // DUP NICKNAME FOUND
return false;
}
}
}

}
[/PHP]

Also consider:

[PHP]

class HTMLRetriever {

var $MAX_URL_SIZE = 100000;

}
[/PHP]

Upon the line:
[PHP]$content = fread($fileID, HTMLRetriever::MAX_URL_SIZE);[/PHP]

I get the following error:

Fatal error: Undefined class constant 'MAX_URL_SIZE' in
/wwwroot/mycgiserver.com/members/includes/chat_classes.php on line 230

I am using PHP version 5 at www.myjavaserver.com and I am completely
at a loss as to what is going on. Both classes reside in
chat_classes.php equally. Why am I getting an "undefined class
constant" error, it's right there?!

Thanx
Phil

[Chung Leong]

Uzytkownik "Phil Powell" <so*****@erols.com> napisal w wiadomosci
news:1c**************************@posting.google.c om...

class HTMLRetriever {

var $MAX_URL_SIZE = 100000;

}

var $MAX_URL_SIZE =100000; => a variable
const MAX_URL_SIZE = 100000; => a constant

[Pedro Graca]

Chung Leong wrote:

Uzytkownik "Phil Powell" <so*****@erols.com> napisal w wiadomosci
news:1c**************************@posting.google.c om...

class HTMLRetriever {

var $MAX_URL_SIZE = 100000;

}

var $MAX_URL_SIZE =100000; => a variable
const MAX_URL_SIZE = 100000; => a constant

and their use is different!

variables belong to instances of classes
constants belong to the class itself

$x = new HTMLRetriever();

echo $x->MAX_URL_SIZE; // instance variable
echo HTMLRetriever::MAX_URL_SIZE; // class constant
--
--= my mail box only accepts =--
--= Content-Type: text/plain =--
--= Size below 10001 bytes =--

[StarEvil]

PHP5 is a BETA version. And have to many bugs( i have tested it). I have
advise not to use it(

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