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Asked: May 15, 20262026-05-15T15:52:01+00:00 2026-05-15T15:52:01+00:00

What is the default value of class member variables in PHP? Why do I

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What is the default value of class member variables in PHP?

Why do I often see:

public static $variable = null;

Wouldn’t it be enough:

public static $variable;
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    2026-05-15T15:52:01+00:00Added an answer on May 15, 2026 at 3:52 pm

    It would, but some people either don’t know that, or prefer to be explicit.

    A common convention is to initialize to null when the programmer relies on that null value and do not initialize to null if that member is written to before being read.

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