i have this code:
protected $val = Zend_Registry::get('values');
Whenever I put this piece of code I get:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting ',' or ';' in ...
Why is it happening?
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You cannot use a function call or other dynamic expression to initialize a class property. It can only be a constant or atomic value. If you need to initialize it with a function call, you must do this instead inside the constructor.
protected $val = NULL;
public function __construct() {
$this->val = Zend_Registry::get('values');
}
This declaration may include an initialization, but this initialization must be a constant value--that is, it must be able to be evaluated at compile time and must not depend on run-time information in order to be evaluated.
answered Apr 30, 2012 at 15:20
Michael Berkowski
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You can not use the return-value of a function for the initial value of a class-variable.
You can however set it in the constructor of the class.
class Myclass{
protected $val;
public function __construct(){
$this->val = Zend_Registry::get('values');
}
}
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Because that looks like a class variable and you cant assign data to a class variable like that.
See here http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.properties.php
You could do it like this.
class something {
protected $_val;
public function __construct()
{
$this->_val = Zend_Registry::get('values');
}
}
