Mysql connection + OOP

Question

I have a php class, this is a fragment of him:

<?
class labelUpdater
{
    private static $link = mysql_connect("localhost", "login", "password");
    if (!$link) {
        die('Connection error: ' . mysql_error());
    }
    echo 'Success';
    mysql_close($link);die;
}
?>

When I launch it, I'm getting this:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting ',' or ';' in /var/www/..../labelUpdater.php on line 6

What I'm doing wrong?

If you want to use OOP with MySQL, use [PDO](http://php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php), which you should be doing anyway. — Marty, Aug 29 '13 at 07:34
Go learn PHP OO basics and then come back. This is a good place to start: http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.php — Bart Friederichs, Aug 29 '13 at 07:35
[this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/11369679/727208) might be useful to you — tereško, Aug 29 '13 at 20:52

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '13 at 07:34

You can't just write code inside a class, you have to enter it into a function.

Also, it's a better practice to use <?php instead of <?.

Further more, notice that the mysql_ extension is deprecated in PHP 5.5. You should use newer and safer extensions such as mysqli_ or pdo.

Mysql connection + OOP

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