assigning class variable at declaration

[bkennedy]

I have a question, regarding PHP4.
(I only have 5 right now)

can I assign a variable in a class by calling a method of the class? like so:

class bob{
    var $name=$this->getname();

    function getname(){
        return "bob";
    }
} 

or will that give me an error?

[sweatje]

see Where should I post my thread?

For your question:

class bob{
    var $name;
    function bob() {
        $this->name = $this->getName();
    }
// the rest including getName()
}