GTK+ uses a lot of constants. In PHP-GTK 1, they were defined in global
scope and you could access them via
If you execute that code with PHP-GTK 2, the following error will be thrown:
PHP Notice: Use of undefined constant GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER -
assumed 'GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER' in /path/to/file.php on line 23
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The problem is that the original value is no longer used
(GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER resolves to the integer
1 in PHP-GTK 1). The string literal itself,
"GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER", is all PHP-GTK 2 sees
- which is likely to break your code.
Static class constants are supported in PHP 5, so the decision was made
not to pollute the global namespace with PHP-GTK constants any more. They
are defined in the classes Gtk, Gdk and
others.
In short, all you have to do (in most cases) is replace the first underscore
_ with two colons: so that
GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER under PHP-GTK 1 becomes
Gtk::WIN_POS_CENTER under PHP-GTK 2.
Also, note the new coding style. Only the first letter should be uppercased
in Gtk, Gdk, Pango
and Atk constants throughout the officially distributed
PHP-GTK 2 documentation and code, reflecting their new status as class
constants rather than globals.