I am trying to call a variable to add to an array within a class, but I keenp getting unexpected T_VARIABLE error when I try.
class MB_API {
$SName = 'Test';
$PWD = 'test';
$SiteID = '10';
protected $client;
protected $sourceCredentials = array(
"SourceName"=>$SName,
"Password"=>$PWD,
"SiteIDs"=>array($SiteID)
);
};
The variables can be set within the class or outside, it doesn't really matter. They will be set by a pull from a database.
Default variable values need to be compile time literals (They need to be constant before the script runs, basically, a "literal string", a number 42 or an array of constant values array(1, 2, 3)), meaning, they can't have a dynamic value (such as another variable).
A better way would be to use a constructor:
protected $sourceCredentials = []; //PHP5.4 and above syntax, synonymous to array()
public function __construct(array $sourceCredentials) {
$this->sourceCredentials = $sourceCredentials;
}
Note that this way, it's up to the caller (the code that instantiated the object) to pass in the array of credentials from the outside. There are different ways of doing so, but this is considered best practice.
$sourceCredentials can only be set as an empty array. You will have to fill it from within a method of MB_API
You can assign your variable value in constructor.
For best practice you use like this:
class MB_API {
private $Sname;
private $PWD;
private $SiteID;
protected $client;
protected $sourceCredentials;
public function __construct() {
// Set your default Values here
$this->Sname = "Test";
$this->PWD = 'test';
$this->SiteID - '10';
$this->sourceCredentials = array(
"SourceName" => $this->SName,
"Password" => $this->PWD,
"SiteIDs" => array($this->SiteID)
);
}
}
You have two different "$sname" - one is $SName and another is $Sname
