Re: What is 'var'

From: Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 06:45:48 +0000
Subject: Re: What is 'var'
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On Wed, 05 Jul 2000 00:59:01 +0200, waldschrott wrote: > > Well, I know it declares a variable in a class. But why is it > > necessary? > > Any variable declared in a class will be part of that class. > > > > Does 'var' serve some other purpose? > > >1. initialization >var $foo='init'; Hmm, but my point was that I could do that without the word 'var'. The word 'var' seems to have no reason for its existence, for instance, this should work (but doesn't). class foo { $foo_var = 0; } Semantically, $foo_var is a class variable because its definition is in a class. Ah well, one of the mysteries of PHP. - jalal -

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