Hi,
Friday, April 23, 2004, 1:00:34 PM, you wrote:
DN> I'm having a problem using classes. The problem stemed from
DN> using arrays to store a bunch of users and their usage times.
DN> I have an object with two members, $name and $onlineSecs. No
DN> matter how hard I try...$name always gets modified. I try
DN> referencing $onlineSecs directly...I've tried writing mod
DN> functions. I cannot stop the problem.
DN> Here is a simplified code chunk (the echo's are for debugging):
DN> <?php
DN> class someuser{
DN> var $name;
DN> var $onlineSecs;
DN> function someuser(){
DN> echo "Default constructor<BR>\n";
DN> $this->$name = 'Some Name';
DN> echo "name: ".$this->$name."<BR>\n";
DN> $this->$onlineSecs = 0;
DN> echo "name: ".$this->$name."<BR>\n";
DN> echo "ontime: ".$this->$onlineSecs."<BR>\n";
DN> }
DN> }
DN> $bob = new someuser;
DN> echo "Bob's Name: ".$bob->$name."<BR>\n";
DN> echo "Bob's ontime: ".$bob->$onlineSecs."<BR>\n";
?>>
DN> It produces the following output:
DN> Default constructor<BR>
DN> name: Some Name<BR>
DN> name: 0<BR>
DN> ontime: 0<BR>
DN> Bob's Name: 0<BR>
DN> Bob's ontime: 0<BR>
DN> However...all the Names should be "Some name". Can someone
DN> please explain to me what dumb mistake I've made becuase I'm
DN> tearing my hair out over something so simple!
DN> Thank you,
DN> Dickon...
You are accessing the members incorrectly
change echo "Bob's Name: ".$bob->$name."<BR>\n";
to echo "Bob's Name: ".$bob->name."<BR>\n";
PHP will try to substitute $bob and will end up with null which is not
what you want.
--
regards,
Tom
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