Re: Why is it possible to assign data to _not_declared_ vars in a class (PHP 5.0.3)?

* Johannes Findeisen <mailman@hanez.org>: > Hello All, > > Why is this working? > > <?php > > class foobar { > > public > $a, > $b; > > public function __construct() { > $this->a = "Hello "; > $this->b = "world! "; > $this->c = "Good bye... "; > } > > public function foo() { > echo $this->a."<br>"; > echo $this->b."<br>"; > echo $this->c."<br>"; > } > } > > ?> > > CALL: > $test = new foobar(); > $test->foo(); > > OUTPUT: > Hello > world > Good bye... > > > > If i understand right, all variables should be declared in PHP5. So > why is it possible to add a membervariable called "c" to the object > without making a declaration? I got no error with this. I thought > E_STRICT should show me things like that. Could someone explain me > that? You don't understand correctly. Class properties/attributes do not need to be explicitly declared in PHP. This did *not* change in PHP5. What changed in PHP5 is visibility. By default, unless declared otherwise, a class attribute is publicly visible -- the same behaviour seen in PHP4. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney | WEBSITES: Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org National Gardening Association | http://www.kidsgardening.com 802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org mailto:matthew@garden.org | http://vermontbotanical.org