Syntax PHP error expecting T_FUNCTION getting random

Matt1972 · December 16, 2019, 4:18pm

I have the code below that is suppose to randomly pick a different Google api upon getting a video request from the Youtube api. My script gets video data and puts the videos on a Wordpress site. The code below is giving me this error.

syntax error, unexpected '$apiKeys' (T_VARIABLE), expecting function (T_FUNCTION) or const (T_CONST)

Here is my code.

$apiKeys = array(
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000');

$rand = rand(0,4);  

private $google_api_key = $apiKeys[$rand];

Can someone help me figure out why I’m getting this error? Thank you.

astonecipher · December 16, 2019, 4:26pm

What is causing that error is above what you posted. That error is caused when something isn’t closed properly and says the error is below the actual cause.

Matt1972 · December 16, 2019, 6:06pm

This is everything above that code.

<?php

final class Video_Krakken
{
$apiKeys = array(
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000');

$rand = rand(0,6);  

private $google_api_key = $apiKeys[$rand];

astonecipher · December 16, 2019, 6:17pm

You are in a class. You need to give access modifiers to the variable.

Matt1972 · December 16, 2019, 7:00pm

Ok, thank you for your advice. Please excuse my ignorance. I’m not a great programmer. I’m still learning as I go. What do you mean by give access modifiers to the variable?

astonecipher · December 16, 2019, 7:10pm

<?php

final class Video_Krakken
{
    private $apiKeys = array(
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000',
                  'AIzaSyDLszH3Dlpiu2ANEbL0SNZmiKJoArZ0000');

    $rand = rand(0,6);  
    private $google_api_key = $this->apiKeys[$rand];
    public function get_key() {
        return $this->google_api_key;
    }

}