Basically what I want to do is this
class A {
public $prop = new stdClass;
}
And PHP is telling me I can't do this:
PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'new' (T_NEW) in - on line ##
What's up with that? I know that you basically can't assign a function's return value to a property in initialization, but can someone explain why is that, like the technical stuff. Thanks in advance!
Try to use class constructor:
class A {
public $prop;
public function __construct(){
$this->prop = new stdClass;
}
}
Declaration of properties 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.
class variables must be initialized with static values, e.g.
public $prop = 7; // ok
public $prop = 7+7; // ok - can be evaluated at compile time
public $prop = new stdClass; // bad, dynamic result.
public $prop = get_some_value(); //also bad, dynamic result not available at compile time
