title: Accessing a CONST attribute of series of Classes
body: <p>This is how I wanted to do it which would work in PHP 5.3.0+</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
      class MyClass
      {
          const CONSTANT = 'Const var';        
      }
  
      $classname = 'MyClass';
      echo $classname::CONSTANT; // As of PHP 5.3.0
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I'm restricted to using PHP 5.2.6. Can anyone think of a simple way to simulate this behavior without instantiating the class?</p>