php - 予期しない T_PUBLIC エラー

Question

class Index extends Controller{ 

    public function first_index(){
        parent::__construct();
        public $name = 'tiko';
        $this -> view -> render('index/template','index/index');
    }
}

エラー：

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PUBLIC in
Z:\home\localhost\www\3ddproc.ru\controllers\index.php on line 6

Line 6 - public $name = 'tiko';