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How can I declare an array as class variable?

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ryy705

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How can I declare an array as class variable?

Jul 16th, 2008

Hello,

How can I declare an array as a class variable? For example I can do:

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<?php
class test {
private $name = 'john';
 
public function getName() {
  return $this->name;
} 
 
}
?>
<?php
class test {

private $name = 'john';

public function getName() {
  return $this->name;
} 

}
?>

But how can I make the following work?

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<?php
class test {
private $name = array();
private $name[] = 'john';
private $name[] = 'jenny';
 
public function getName() {
  return $this->name;
} 
 
}
?>
<?php
class test {

private $name = array();
private $name[] = 'john';
private $name[] = 'jenny';

public function getName() {
  return $this->name;
} 

}
?>

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Re: How can I declare an array as class variable?

Jul 16th, 2008

you need to use a constuctor

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<?php
class test {
  var $name = array();
  //this function used to make class PHP4 compatible
  function test() {
    $this->__construct();
  }
  function __construct() {
    $this->name = array('john','jenny');
  }
  function getName() {
     return $this->name;
  }
}
?>
<?php
class test {
  var $name = array();
  //this function used to make class PHP4 compatible
  function test() {
    $this->__construct();
  }
  function __construct() {
    $this->name = array('john','jenny');
  }
  function getName() {
     return $this->name;
  }
}
?>