strange prob with vars in classes

[Anon]

Hi all!

I've got the following code:
class _myclass {
var $a = "";
// some funcs here
}

later I do:
$b = "YeePee";
class myclass extends _myclass {
var $a = $b;
}

When I run this script within PHP3 everything works just fine.
Within PHP4 I get a "generic" parse-error specifying only the line-number, nothing else.
When replace $b with the "pure" string (var $a = "YeePee"😉it works as well as within PHP3.
Does anyone have an idea?
Thx Michael

[Anon]

When creating class variables, you cannot assign it a value. What you should do is assign the value in the constructor:

class _myclass {
var $a;
// some funcs here
}

later I do:
$b = "YeePee";
class myclass extends _myclass {
function myclass() {
$this->a = $b;
}
}

Also: what is the scope of $b? Where are you defining it? I believe that is where your problem lies.

Hope that helps:

Chris King

[Anon]

Thanks for help Chris! :-)