Question

. . . .

  public $counts_per_page = 15;

  public function getNames($user_id, $count = $this->counts_per_page){
    //do stuff
  }

. . . .

I am getting an error on second parameter as it doesnt allow me to do this…

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in

how can i solve this?Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

From the php manual:

The default value must be a constant expression, not (for example) a variable, a class member or a function call.

http://php.net/manual/en/functions.arguments.php

You can set it to null or some other default instead and then check for that within the function.