Variable Issues..........[Help]

[eluser]n0xie[/eluser]
You can't call a function or a language construct when you declare a class property (if we talk about variables belonging to a class, we talk about class properties to avoid the confusion you have right now.)

If you want to set a class property using something like 'date' you will have to do it from within the context of a class method (we talk about class methods to avoid confusion to normal 'functions'.)

So what does that mean:

Code:

// PHP4
class MyClass {

  var $currentyear;
  var $MyVar = 'some_value';

  function MyClass()
  {
    $this->currentyear = date('Y');
  }

  function MyFunction()
  {
    echo $this->MyVar;
    echo $this->currentyear;
  }
}

// PHP 5
class MyClass {

  public $currentyear;
  public $MyVar = 'some_value';

  function __construct()
  {
    $this->currentyear = date('Y');
  }

  function MyFunction()
  {
    echo $this->MyVar;
    echo $this->currentyear;
  }
}

edit: mddd was too quick ;-)