From 6937b29491ae2069120fc3bcefa71741d30ac2f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Michael Becker <cmb@php.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 11:32:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Class constants are allocated once per class

We try to get rid of the myth that class constants were allocated for each
instance, as claimed by user note 112286. Proof: <https://3v4l.org/3DKMC>.

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@339824 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 language/oop5/constants.xml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/language/oop5/constants.xml b/language/oop5/constants.xml
index 195938c22e..ff70ad8eee 100644
--- a/language/oop5/constants.xml
+++ b/language/oop5/constants.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
   The variable's value can not be a keyword (e.g. <literal>self</literal>,
   <literal>parent</literal> and <literal>static</literal>).
  </para>
+ <para>
+  Note that class constants are allocated once per class, and not for each
+  class instance.
+ </para>
  <example>
   <title>Defining and using a constant</title>
   <programlisting role="php">