Re: Has this always been the case?

On 31 May 2013, at 11:57, Richard Quadling <rquadling@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > > Both > > <?php > class Oddity{ > public $var = 'a' . 'b'; > } > ?> > > and > > <?php > class Oddity{ > const A_VAR = 'a' . 'b'; > } > ?> > > produce ... > > PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting ',' or > ';' in - > on line 3 > > For properties, has this always been the case? > > Admittedly, this is the first time I've ever written code to assign a > concatenated string to a static property ... > > static protected $s_NormaliserScript = __DIR__ . '/normalizedError.php'; > > And I was just surprised. > > That's all. Yes, it has. Initial values class constants and member variables must be literal values. If you need to do that use a constructor. -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/