Explanation why this error is occurring.

[Carlton]

I'm getting a strange error for this code, but i'm unable to find out what's wrong, the error is below:

 

Parse error: parse error, expecting `'&'' or `T_VARIABLE' in  on line 12

 

Here's the code:

 

function CMySQL_Create($Username, $Password, bool:$md5 = true) {
switch($md5) {
	case false: {
		mysql_query("INSERT INTO " . $ACCOUNT_TABLE . " (" . $USERNAME_FIELD . ", " . $PASSWORD_FIELD . ") VALUES('" . mysql_real_escape_string($Username) . "', '" . mysql_real_escape_string($Password) . "')") or die(mysql_error());
	}
	case true: {
		mysql_query("INSERT INTO " . $ACCOUNT_TABLE . " (" . $USERNAME_FIELD . ", " . $PASSWORD_FIELD . ") VALUES('" . mysql_real_escape_string($Username) . "', md5('" . mysql_real_escape_string($Password) . "'))") or die(mysql_error());	
	}
}
}

 

The line of this error is:

 

function CMySQL_Create($Username, $Password, bool:$md5 = true) {

 

Any clue?

[AbraCadaver]

What is this?  bool:$md5 = true

 

That's not valid.  What are you trying to do, type hint?  You can only type hint array or object types, and the only default value they can have is NULL.

[AbraCadaver]

Sorry, short reply at first.  If you want to force it boolean then type cast and use something like:

 

switch( (bool) $MD5 ) {

 

Or throw an exception and use something like:

 

if(!is_bool($MD5)) { throw new Exception('Parameter three must be boolean!'); }