assigning integer values in PHP4

[Anon]

I just upgraded to PHP4 and was doing some compatibility testing with some of my scripts, and I am finding that there is a weird problem occuring when I try to define a variable with integers involving math.

eg:

var $expires=time()+ 31536000;

will cause a parse error.

Equally strange, an array assigment with math also causes problems

eg:
var $arr = array("1"=>60*60);

I don't think this is a problem except in class definitions. Anyone know what's going on here?

[Anon]

var is not a PHP keyword. See http://www.php.net/manual/language.variables.php for more info.

[Anon]

Well... from what I can tell when you are defining classes you can use "var" as a keyword.

That's not the problem though, I have several lines before the math and the only lines that cause a parse error are the ones involving some sort of mathematical manipulation.

[Anon]

Oops... You're right about var in classes, but if you're not defining a class variable with `var', it's not valid. That is what is causing your parse error. Try removing the var keyword.

[Anon]

Eden,

Thanks for the comments, but the problem is I AM trying to declare a class variable.

Is it possible that when defining class variables you cannot do math?

eg:
Class BLAH {
var $foo = "bar"; //this works
var $fee = time() + 3000; //this DOES NOT WORK

}

what do you think?