Question

I’m using PHP 5.3.5 with Fast-CGI.

When I try to use gmdate() to set the initial value for a parameter, I get the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘(‘, expecting ‘)’ in
MyClass.php on line 3

Here’s my code (line 3 is the line where myFunction is declared):

function myFunction($myDate = gmdate('Y-m-d')) {
    // ...
}

Am I doing something wrong? Is this a bug? This also occurs if I do the same thing in a class function.

Answer 1

You can’t use a function as a default value for a function or method parameter.

function myFunction($myDate = '') {
    $myDate = (!empty($myDate)) ? $myDate :  gmdate('Y-m-d');
    // ...
}