I'm trying to set a private variable array on my class. But I'm getting an error. Is this even possible? In other words, can I define a variable with a key - or is it bad practice?
class SomeClass { private $result['results'] = array(); .... Error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ',' or ';'
I think it is possible but not in the way you are doing it. try
private $result = array(); and then, you can create a function to push things in the array, something like
public function __set($key, $value){ $this->result[$key] = $value; }
then, push what you want into the array calling your function
__set('private','this is my private array'); If you want to access the key 'results' of that property result later, you should declare it like this first:
class SomeClass { private $result = array( 'results' => array(), ); .... Although you can also have only defined the property result and added the results key later, but you can run on problems like 'undefined index ...' exceptions if you tried to access results before adding the 'results' key to the result property.
resultsarray. I just need to access this in a separate method, so wanted to set it as a class variable.private $result = array();If you want to add sub arrays fo rit when you need them