[SOLVED] oop newb, error message

[Lodius2000]

im working on learning oop through an online tutorial

 

its talking about public, proected and private right now and i am getting an error that doenst match what the tutorial says i should be getting

 

Fatal error: Cannot access private property person::$pinn_number in ...

 

instead i am getting

 

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_OLD_FUNCTION' or `T_FUNCTION' or `T_VAR' or `'}'' in /Users/imaging/Desktop/oop/class_lib.php on line 10

 

heres my code

 

class_lib.php

<?php

class person {


var $name;

public $height;
protected $social_insurance;
private $pinn_number;



function __construct($persons_name) {

$this->name = $persons_name;

}

function set_name($new_name) {  
           
            $this->name = $new_name;       
           
      }

      function get_name() {

            return $this->name;

      }

}

?>

 

index.php

<?php include("class_lib.php"); 


$stefan = new person("Stefan Mischook");

echo "Stefan's full name: " . $stefan->get_name();

/*
Since $pinn_number was declared private, this line of code will generate an error. Try it out!
*/


echo "Tell me private stuff: " . $stefan->pinn_number;



?>

 

heres the tutorial but my code has been cut and pasted from there just to make sure i didnt have  typo

 

http://www.killerphp.com/tutorials/object-oriented-php/php-objects-page-3.php

 

whats the problem

 

thanks

[DarkWater]

Are you running PHP4 by any chance?

[Lodius2000]

depends what does mac os tiger ship with, in the mean time ima run php_info

...

 

 

edit: shite, 4.4.7

[DarkWater]

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