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Initializing PHP class property declarations with simple expressions yields syntax error

Is it possible to create an associative array and parse instances of a custom class as values?

Something like:

 private static $contentTypeList = array(
    "News" => new ContentType("News", "news.php", "News"),
    "Termine" => new ContentType("Termine", "termine.php", "Termine"),
    "Zeitplan" => new ContentType("Zeitplan", "zeitplan.php", "Zeitplan"),
    "Fotos" => new ContentType("Fotos", "fotos.php", "Fotos"),
    "Anfahrt" => new ContentType("Anfahrt", "anfahrt.php", "Anfahrt"),
    "Guestbook" => new ContentType("Guestbook", "guestbook.php", "Gästebuch")
    );

Trying this I’m getting an error like “unexpected keyword NEW”.

Do I use the wrong syntax or is it just not possible?

Answer 1

This is possible, but not when declaring the property outside of a function body.

Add it into any function, for example:

class SomeClass {
    private static $contentTypeList = array();
    public static function init() {
      self::$contentTypeList = array(
        "News" => new ContentType("News", "news.php", "News"),
        "Termine" => new ContentType("Termine", "termine.php", "Termine"),
        "Zeitplan" => new ContentType("Zeitplan", "zeitplan.php", "Zeitplan"),
        "Fotos" => new ContentType("Fotos", "fotos.php", "Fotos"),
        "Anfahrt" => new ContentType("Anfahrt", "anfahrt.php", "Anfahrt"),
        "Guestbook" => new ContentType("Guestbook", "guestbook.php", "Gästebuch")
      );
    }
}