class variable not letting me use fullstop

[mike182uk]

hi there, i'am having a problem with using the the fullstop to concat 2 stings in a class variable.

PHP Code:

define("TEST", "hello");

class myclass
{
    var $myvar = TEST . "world";
} 


is there any reason why the above wouldnt work? if so how would i get around it?

i get an error but i am using an IIS server and for some reason it wont let me turn on php errors. sorry.

[abduraooft]

You can't use an expression or return value of a function to a class member while decalration. You'd need to move that code into constructor, like

PHP Code:

class myclass
{
    var $myvar;
   function __construct(){
   $this->myvar=TEST . "world"; 
   }
} 


[JAY6390]

This doesn't work no matter what server you use. You can't concatenate strings when defining properties of a class

[mike182uk]

hey abduraooft thanks alot for that, i thought i was just making a syntax error, i didnt even know about the constructor. anyways thanks alot that worked great! i'll go and read up on constructors