Why I can't create a class named "Case" on PHP

Question

class Case {
// class body
}

It's because the "Case" word is reserved by the switch statement? Workarounds? Ideas?

Without more description on what a case is/does we are pretty limitied on how best to — Orangepill, Sep 24 '13 at 22:27

BlitZ · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-24T19:03:37.653

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Because case is the reserved word.

Reserved words can not be used as constants, function names, class names and etc. Try to avoid that.

edited Sep 24 '13 at 19:03

answered Sep 24 '13 at 18:57

BlitZ

The reserved word is 'case' not 'Case', so I would expect the name 'Case' to be a valid class name. – Kwebble Apr 08 '16 at 15:26
@Kwebble Reserved words are case insensitive: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20624257/are-php-keywords-case-sensitive – BlitZ Apr 08 '16 at 16:54

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '13 at 18:58

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Yes. It is a reserved word. Just rename your class.

answered Sep 24 '13 at 18:58

Mike Brant

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 24 '13 at 19:02

These can't be used in the way you're trying, ie as constants, class names, function or method names.

No way around it, and no real work arounds. Pear naming convention is OK though, Folder_Folder_Case wouldn't cause any problems.

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