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Instance as a static class property

I got a problem about creating an Object in a class as an attribute.

include 'Bar.php';
class Foo()
{
    private $bar = new Bar();
}

It comes out a parse error. But when I put the $bar outsite class

include 'Bar.php';
class Foo()
{
    //private $bar = new Bar();
}
$bar = new Bar();

No syntax error. works perfectly. So what’s the problem. I just ported my Java knowledge to PHP. Sometimes, its so confusing.

Answer 1

You have to put it into the constructor:

class Foo() {
    private $bar;
    function __construct() {
        $this->bar = new Bar();
    }
}