PHP5. Two ways of declaring an array as a class member

Question

When declaring an array as a class member, which way should it be done?

class Test1 {
    private $paths = array();

    public function __construct() {
                 


        

Answer 1

I'd suggest doing this when declaring a class variable. A constructor can be overriden in extending classes, which might result in E_NOTICEs or even E_WARNINGs if any of your functions depend on this variable being an array (even an empty one)