Call function in Class

[smartic]

I need to use this function :
[PHP]mb_internal_enc oding("UTF-8");[/PHP]
Into class to use it for every mb_ functions into other classes extends from the main class put it give me this error syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_FUNCTION

that is my code example :

[PHP]class common{
mb_internal_enc oding("UTF-8");
}
class create extends common{
function call($value){
if(mb_strlen($v alue) < 4){

}
}
}[/PHP]

[Markus]

Not sure, try moving it into your constructor.

class common{
    // members go here
    public function common()
    {
        mb_internal_encoding("UTF-8");
    }
}

[smartic]

Thank you for your reply

[Markus]

Thank you for your reply

Have you resolved your issue?

[Dormilich]

despite Markus' solution you may want to have it as a class method.... depending on what you want to do with it.
note that an extending class with its own constructor doesn't call the parent's constructor.
[PHP]class common
{
// properties go here
public function encode() { // public, static, final keywords require PHP 5
mb_internal_enc oding("UTF-8");
}
}

// call:
$test = new common;
$test->encode(); // calls the function[/PHP]

[Markus]

I overlooked the class extension use. So, adding to Dormi's post: if you were to use a class extension, you could call the parent's constructor like so:

class test
{
	# members
	private $member;
	#constructor
	public function test ()
	{
		echo 'Hello from <code>test</code>';
	}
}

class extension extends test
{
	# members
	private $member;
	# construct
	public function extension()
	{
		// call to parent constructor
		parent::test();
		// or
		parent::__construct();
	}
}

$extension = new extension();

Teamwork.

[Dormilich]

If we don't watch out, this might become a "code slam" (though I'm better in code than in poetry)....

[Markus]

If you don't watch out, this might be a Dormilich Slam. If you catch my drift.

;)