PHP string not concatonating

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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘(’, expecting ‘,’ or ‘;’ in

I'm getting the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting ',' or ';' in xxx on line 19

On this line:

public $metad_name = "lol" . "lol";

Not sure about the downvotes. It's a dupe almost for sure, but not a bad question per-se. — Álvaro González, Oct 23 '12 at 15:19

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '12 at 15:17

This error is saying that an expression can't be used in class properties:

Works

class Foo {

    public $metad_name = '';

    function __construct() {
        $this->metad_name = 'lol' . 'lol';
    }

}

class Bar {

    public $metad_name = 'lol' . 'lol';

}

If your code isn't a class property - just delete the public