Posted by Matthew Weier O'Phinney on 04/08/05 21:22

* 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.

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