Const vs Static properties

There is a great video on this very site that covers this very topic. I would encourage you to check it out and if you still have questions, come back here and we'll try to help you out.

https://laracasts.com/series/object-oriented-bootcamp-in-php/episodes/7

I've already watched this episode but I'm looking for a real case for static properties. Do you know any case where is more appropriate to use static properties instead of consts?

Hi,

from my point of view it doesn't really matter and depends on your preferences.

Personally, I like to use constants. For that I create a classes to somehow group them:

class Currency {
    const EUR = 1;
    const CHF = 2;
}

$test = Currency::EUR;

Constants can only be simple scalar values like strings or integers and the like.

You can have a static property be something more complex like an array.