global var declaration not working

[eluser]jerry01[/eluser]
i'm trying to have a list i can use throughout my controller. i can't find a way of getting it to work with "var"

can anyone comment?

it seems that var does not really pass the full info.

Code:

class Controller extends CI_Controller
{

    var $field_list = array('f1','f2','f3','f4','f5','f6');
...

    function index()
    {
        foreach($this->field_list as $field):
            print("------&gt;" + $field + "<BR>");
        endforeach;

the outcome of that is just a bunch of zeroes..