Bug with array declaration in class

[Jochen Daum]

Hi,

Can someone confirm this problem:

This works:

var $x = array(
"x" => "x".
"y",
"y" => "a".
"b"
);
}

var_dump($x);


But this doesn't work:

class g{
var $x = array(
"x" => "x".
"y",
"y" => "a".
"b"
);
}

$g = new g();

var_dump($g->x);

It throws

Parse error: parse error, expecting `')'' in x.php on line 5


I know I have an outdated version of PHP (4.3.2), but it is compiled
with a special MSSQl extension and I cannot seem to compile the patch
with 4.3.3 and 4.3.4. The patch reads the milliseconds for dates.
There's a workaround, but it would involve heaps of testing again.

Just wanted to see, if its worth going to a different version.

Jochen




--
Jochen Daum - Cabletalk Group Ltd.
PHP DB Edit Toolkit -- PHP scripts for building
database editing interfaces.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpdbedittk/

[Garp]

Re: Bug with array declaration in class


"Jochen Daum" <jochen.daum@ca bletalk.co.nz> wrote in message
news:a24pf0db0t qhe42tsmhi1uscb nitkc82qq@4ax.c om...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Can someone confirm this problem:[/color]
<snip initialisation in declaration>

As a workaround, initialise it in the constructor.

class g{
var $x;

function g() {
$this->x = array(
"x" => "x".
"y",
"y" => "a".
"b"
);
}
}

Garp

[Jochen Daum]

Re: Bug with array declaration in class

Hi Garp,

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 05:14:47 GMT, "Garp" <i_am@home.no w> wrote:
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>
>"Jochen Daum" <jochen.daum@ca bletalk.co.nz> wrote in message
>news:a24pf0db0 tqhe42tsmhi1usc bnitkc82qq@4ax. com...[color=green]
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can someone confirm this problem:[/color]
><snip initialisation in declaration>
>
>As a workaround, initialise it in the constructor.
>[/color]

Cheers, so you have the same problem on which PHP version?

Jochen
--
Jochen Daum - Cabletalk Group Ltd.
PHP DB Edit Toolkit -- PHP scripts for building
database editing interfaces.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpdbedittk/

[Zurab Davitiani]

Re: Bug with array declaration in class

Jochen Daum wrote:
[color=blue]
> Cheers, so you have the same problem on which PHP version?[/color]

This is not really a "problem" with PHP4, but just how it was designed.
Please read:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.php

especially these examples:

<?php
class Cart {
/* None of these will work in PHP 4. */
var $todays_date = date("Y-m-d");
var $name = $firstname;
var $owner = 'Fred ' . 'Jones';
/* Arrays containing constant values will, though. */
var $items = array("VCR", "TV");
}

/* This is how it should be done. */
class Cart {
var $todays_date;
var $name;
var $owner;
var $items = array("VCR", "TV");

function Cart() {
$this->todays_date = date("Y-m-d");
$this->name = $GLOBALS['firstname'];
/* etc. . . */
}
}
?>

Just like Garp suggested.

[Jochen Daum]

Re: Bug with array declaration in class

Hi,

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 05:24:50 GMT, Zurab Davitiani <agt@mindless.c om>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>Jochen Daum wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Cheers, so you have the same problem on which PHP version?[/color]
>
>This is not really a "problem" with PHP4, but just how it was designed.
>Please read:
>
>http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.php
>[/color]
Right. Good Point.


Jochen
--
Jochen Daum - Cabletalk Group Ltd.
PHP DB Edit Toolkit -- PHP scripts for building
database editing interfaces.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpdbedittk/

[Garp]

Re: Bug with array declaration in class


"Jochen Daum" <jochen.daum@ca bletalk.co.nz> wrote in message
news:m7bpf0p8k6 d9n02b3hv8df7eb a39ktd3am@4ax.c om...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 05:24:50 GMT, Zurab Davitiani <agt@mindless.c om>
> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >Jochen Daum wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> Cheers, so you have the same problem on which PHP version?[/color]
> >
> >This is not really a "problem" with PHP4, but just how it was designed.
> >Please read:
> >
> >http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.php
> >[/color]
> Right. Good Point.[/color]

Yeah, what Zurab said. Hope you solved your problem anyway.

Garp