[SOLVED] constants and private variables in a class

[jordanwb]

I'm making a MySQL class for easy database access. In the constructor I call mysql_connect and save the result in $connection which is an instance variable. Is it possible to make it private?

 

Also can I declare constants in a class and have them accessable like so:

 

class foo
{
define ("CONST", 7);


}

$foo = new foo;

print foo->CONST;

[aschk]

Is it possible to make what private? The $connection?

And yes you can put constants into your classes.

e.g.

 

class MySQL {

const MYCONSTANT = 7;
private $connection;

public function __construct(){
   $this->connection = mysql_connect(....etc....);
}

}

[jordanwb]

Thanks.