First try at class for making static HTML page

Anon

Im having a bit of trouble with my first class. The code is very simple and follows below.

#############(teststatic.php)##################

<BODY>
<?
require("static_class.inc");
$first = new Static;
$firsttest = $first->returnValue ("1");
if($firsttest) {
echo "IT IS TRUE";
} else {
echo "IT IS FALSE";
}
?>
</BODY>

######## HERE IS THE CLASS (static_class.inc)##########
<?
class Static {
function returnValue ($val) {
if ($val == 5) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
}
?>
####################################

I keep getting the error
Parse error: parse error, expecting T_STRING' orT_VARIABLE' or `'$'' in /export/home/sites/nsa/home/chuff/teststatic.php on line 5

I've messed around with it alot, read just about every tutorial on the subject of classes but I cant seem to get it to work. What the heck am I doing wrong here?

Anon

looks like you might need to lookup some settings in php.ini file.

and secondly when you are creating an instance of the class and then calling its method by returnValue("1"); here you are treating the value to be passed as a string as its in the "'s

but inside the calss it self it is initialised as a integer $val == 5;

try to change that.. it might make some difference...

sorry i couldnt be of too much help.

Anon

So my code looks correct except for passing the wrong type to the class thus you think it might be a php.ini issue?

btw: I just upgraded from php3 to 4 and am running both on my server concurrently.

Anon

Just to get some closure here. The php.ini file is ok, my code is wrong somehow. I downloaded a class form freshmeat and I loaded up in an include with no problems (I should have tried that in the first place). So anyway these classes are turing out to be a little harder than I thought.