3 to 4 migration problem

[Anon]

Help! Can anyone spot the problem with this?

class test {

VAR $pagePath = dirname($REQUEST_URI);
VAR $page = basename($REQUEST_URI);
VAR $counter = explode("/" , $pagePath);

} # END CLASS

I know it doesn't do anything - it's just a test. I get the parse error... expecting ','' or';''

It worked fine under 3.0.7 but 4.0.2 has broken it

suggestions?

steve

[Anon]

Could be lots of things but it probably stems from initializing members variables in the wrong spot. Try using a constructor:

class Test {

var $pagePath;
var $page;
var $counter;

// Use constructor to initialize member
// variables
function Test() {
$this->pagePath = dirname($REQUEST_URI);
$this->page = basename($REQUEST_URI);
$this->counter = explode("/", $this->pagePath);
}

}

I have made it a habit not to use global variables from within my classes (it is not great object-oriented practice) so you may want to initialize by passing in the global values:

class Test {

var $pagePath;
var $page;
var $counter;

// Use constructor to initialize member
// variables
function Test($reqURI) {
$this->pagePath = dirname($reqURI);
$this->page = basename($reqURI);
$this->counter = explode("/", $this->pagePath);
}

}

You would then create your object like this:

$objTest = new Test($REQUEST_URI);

G'luck,

Jack