ID: 16479
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Status: Open
Bug Type: Documentation problem
Operating System: Win98SE
PHP Version: 4.0.6
New Comment:
So is it (and will it continue to be) valid to use/create class
variables not explicitly declared with var?
Currently the following produce the excact same results except that the
varaible 'a' will not be returned by get_class_vars.
class foo
{
var $a;
function foo()
{
$this->a = "test";
}
};
class foo2
{
function foo2()
{
$this->a = "test";
}
};
Previous Comments:
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[2002-04-08 15:49:12] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yeah, I guess I asked for it. But then I'd have to argue that the var
declaration itself is against the nature of PHP! Firstly because it's a
declaration, and secondly because it's useless.
Anyway, I understand that there will be major changes in OOP in
ZendEngine2, so this is probably not relevant anymore. BTW, when is
this ZE2 scheduled to launch? Will it be already in 4.2.0 which is now
in RC stage?
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[2002-04-08 01:29:14] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, you have get_class_vars() which can retrieve all the default
properties (i.e. the ones declared with 'var $foo').
And your last suggestions is against the nature of PHP. You just do not
have to declare variables to use it.
Making this a doc problem though I'm not quite sure; letting the doc
team decide.
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[2002-04-07 18:31:55] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am not sure whether this is a bug, a feature, or lack of a feature.
Perhaps this should be marked a "Feature Request" then... Anyway, here
goes: the var declaration in a class seems to have no meaning
whatsoever, except perhaps for documentation purposes. PHP allows me to
assign to class variables that weren't declared without even a warning
at the highest warning reporting level. That's actually not very
surprising since PHP doesn't otherwise have declarations of variables,
but what is then the meaning of var in classes?
I suggest that PHP should at least warn about class variables that
weren't declared.
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