Re: static not working as expected

Thanks for your prompt answer.If that's the case then, how do I define a singleton class? Regards, Puru ----- Original Message ----- From: "Markus Fischer" <mfischer@guru.josefine.at> To: "Purushotham Komaravolu" <purikk@hotmail.com> Cc: <php-dev@lists.php.net>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] static not working as expected > 'statis' is ONLY used inside functions. You need the 'var' > keyword to define class property. This is true for ZE1, I > can't tell if ZE2 has static class properties, anyone else? > > - Markus > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 10:42:43AM -0700, Purushotham Komaravolu wrote : > > <?php > > > > class Counter { > > var $counter = 0; > > > > function increment_and_print() > > { > > print ++$this->counter; > > print "\n"; > > } > > } > > > > > > class SingletonCounter { > > static $m_instance = NULL; // throwing error here > > > > function Instance() > > { > > if (self::$m_instance == NULL) { > > self::$m_instance = new Counter(); > > } > > return self::$m_instance; > > } > > } > > > > SingletonCounter::Instance()->increment_and_print(); > > SingletonCounter::Instance()->increment_and_print(); > > SingletonCounter::Instance()->increment_and_print(); > > > > ?> > > > > > > is throwing the following error > > Parse error: parse error, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION' or > > T_FUNCTION' or T_VAR' or '}'' in /singleton.php on line 15 > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >