[RESOLVED] Error in OOP If Statement

[cbesh2]

I'm brand new to OOP and I'm trying to figure out how to create an if statement in a class but am getting the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting '(' in /home/.../class.Dog.php on line 13

Here is my code:

...
$obj = new dog();
$obj->determine_sex();
...

<?php

class dog {
	var $name = "Bailey";
	var $gender = "boy";

function eat_snake() {
	$statement="Your dog, $this->name, ate the snake!";
	return $statement;
}

function determine_sex() {
	if $this->gender == "boy" {
		echo "HE IS A BOY!<br>"; }
}
}

?>

Yes, weird example but just trying to learn here.

Thanks for your help in advance.

[NogDog]

You just left out the parentheses around your conditional statement:

	}

function determine_sex() {
	if[color=red]([/color]$this->gender == "boy"[color=red])[/color] {
		echo "HE IS A BOY!<br>"; }
}

[cbesh2]

Duh! Thank you so much. Silly mistakes will kill you.