Posted by Rory Browne on 05/05/05 14:10

Otherwise you can 'declare' them by assigning them a null/zero/empty value.

$my_number = 0;
$my_string = ""
$my_array = array();

The main reason for 'declaring' variables in PHP, is so that you can
use them in functions without raising an E_NOTICE.


On 5/5/05, Ryan Faricy <ryan@faricy.net> wrote:
>
> "Jon M." <dsak8330225@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:20050505050642.9114.qmail@lists.php.net...
> >I just found a place here:
> >
> > http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.php
> >
> > That has this example:
> >
> > /* This is how it should be done. */
> > class Cart {
> > var $todays_date;
> > var $name;
> > var $owner;
> > var $items = array("VCR", "TV");
> >
> > function Cart() {
> > $this->todays_date = date("Y-m-d");
> > $this->name = $GLOBALS['firstname'];
> > /* etc. . . */
> > }
> > }
> >
> > It appears that they are declaring vars like this:
> >
> > var $todays_date;
> >
> >
> > Is this something you can only do inside a class???
>
> Yes, as has been said within this thread several times.
>
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