# Using static variable as argument default

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**Created:** [April 28, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-static-variable-as-argument-default/308677 "2010-04-28T04:11:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-static-variable-as-argument-default/308677/1 "2010-04-28T04:11:33Z")

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How do you use a class’ static variable as a default argument to one of its methods?

```php

class MyClass
{
   public static $MY_CONST = 5;
   public function myFunction($var = MyClass::$MY_CONST) {
      echo $var;
   }
}

```

I get this error on the method header:

```auto

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting T_STRING

```