oop problems

[codecowboy]

I have read a book and many online tutorials about php. I have just started to develop my first web app using php, mysql, and apache server. I am trying to create a class that handles all of the mysql queries. I have gotten another class to work that creates html form elements. However, the mysql class doesn't work. This is the error I get when I run my editors debugger:

test1PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_INCLUDE, expecting T_FUNCTION in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\htdocs\textbook\clsMySql.php on line 5

This is the part of the MySql class where the error is:

<?
class MySql
{
// This class has some miscellaneous that make life easier
include clsUtilities;
var $utils = New Utilities;

I am using php5 by the way. Thank you for any help.

[tunage]

You need to include files outside the class, this should fix it -

<?
include clsUtilities;

class MySql
{
// This class has some miscellaneous that make life easier
var $utils = New Utilities;

[thorpe]

You need to include files outside the class

no you dont.

is clsUtilities meant to be a variable? if so, your missing the $. otherwise, if its meant to be a string, you need to enclose it in quotes.

also, im not 100% sure if this would throw an error, but properties dont need to be declared using the var keyword in php5. declare them using either public or private depending on weather or not you need to access them outside of the class.

also, the synatx for creating an object is...

$myobj = new yourobject();

notice the ()

[codecowboy]

Here is the new code:

<?
class MySql
{
// This class has some miscellaneous that make life easier
include "clsUtilities.php";
private $utils = new Utilities();

I still get this error:

test1PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_INCLUDE, expecting T_FUNCTION in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\htdocs\textbook\clsMySql.php on line 5

If I put the include "clsUtilities.php" outside of the class, then I get this error:

test1PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_NEW in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\htdocs\textbook\clsMySql.php on line 6

<?
include "clsUtilities.php";
class MySql
{
// This class has some miscellaneous that make life easier
private $utils = new Utilities();

It doesn't make a differnence whether i put new or New.

Thanks for the replies that I have already recieved.

[tunage]

I think you need to declare $utils but not construct it (then construct it in the MySql constructor) eg -

<?
include "clsUtilities.php";
class MySql
{
// This class has some miscellaneous that make life easier
private $utils;

function __construct()
{
$this->utils = new Utilities();
....

[codecowboy]

Thank you everyone for the help. It turned out that you were correct about the constructor.