Github user glennpratt commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/thrift/pull/1292#discussion_r122743894
--- Diff: compiler/cpp/src/thrift/generate/t_php_generator.cc ---
@@ -545,30 +553,41 @@ void
t_php_generator::generate_consts(vector<t_const*> consts) {
f_consts << "final class Constant extends \\Thrift\\Type\\TConstant {"
<< endl;
indent_up();
+ if (php56_) {
+ // Create const property
+ for (c_iter = consts.begin(); c_iter != consts.end(); ++c_iter) {
+ string name = (*c_iter)->get_name();
+
+ indent(f_consts) << "public CONST $" << name << " = ";
+ generate_php_doc(f_consts, *c_iter);
+ f_consts << render_const_value((*c_iter)->get_type(),
(*c_iter)->get_value());
+ f_consts << ";" << endl;
+ }
+ } else {
+ // Create static property
--- End diff --
Is it worth maintaining the static property for backwards compatibility.
(5.6+ users could opt into the const without having to update all callers).
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