PHP 5.2.3

When I execute this code I get an "unexpected T_STRING, expecting
T_VARIABLE" error .. on line 13, which is this line : public test()

If I comment out this test method and execute this script then only
****************************************** is displayed. I thought it at
least should display the "constructing A" and "constructing B"

any suggestions?

below is the problem code:
************* the code ************

<?php
class A
{
public $name;
public function __constructor()
{
echo "constructing A";
$this->$name = "helloworld";
}

public test()
{
return 4;
}

public function __get($name)
{
return $name;
}
}

class B extends A
{
public function __constructor()
{
parent::__constructor();
echo "constructing B";
}
}

echo "******************************************";
$noob = new B();
echo $noob->test();
?>

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:17:35 +0200, Jeff
<it_consultant1@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote:
> public test()

public function test()

HTH,
--
Rik Wasmus

thanks,

BTW why isn't any text displayed on the page (it only displays
******************)? is echo allowed in constructor?





"Rik" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
newsp.twasp4ejqnv3q9@metallium...
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:17:35 +0200, Jeff
> <it_consultant1@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote:
>> public test()
>
> public function test()
>
> HTH,
> --
> Rik Wasmus

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:59:54 +0200, Rik <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:17:35 +0200, Jeff
> <it_consultant1@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote:
>> public test()
>
> public function test()
>
> HTH,

Oh, and about the 'cryptic' message: 'public', not followed by 'function'
(with possbile keyword in between like 'static') is assumed to be a
property of the class, so it has to start with $. The parser didn't even
come to point where it could realise you tried to create a method: it saw
a 'naked' string, hence the 'expected var but got a string'.
--
Rik Wasmus

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:12:38 +0200, Jeff
<it_consultant1@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote:

> thanks,
>
> BTW why isn't any text displayed on the page (it only displays
> ******************)? is echo allowed in constructor?

It sure is, but this was a parse error: in building the actual low-level
representation of the script PHP could not figure out what something
meant, so nothing in your script gets run, not a thing. Only after valid
PHP syntax is parsed it will run, with possible run time errors it only
then encounters, in which case anything up to that error is run (for
instance an undefined function: your function can be declared anywhere in
the script, which may or may not include files, but PHP does not check
this prior to running, because it simply doesn't know, and function names
can even be set at runtime with possible create_function() statements
etc.).

--
Rik Wasmus