hi Norbert, Have you tried print_r($_SESSION['view'])? I'm wondering if there's some problem recreating the class instance from the session data...
Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: Norbert Wenzel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 29 September 2005 2:58 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Strange behaviour overriding methods in 5.0.4 > > > Hi, i have a very strange example of code. Maybe you know where my > mistake could be. > > I've got an index.php with a few div's and a short php code, like: > <div>echo $_SESSION['view']->getContent();</div> > > The view is in every case one of my view objects. And there's > the problem. > > In my specific case $_SESSION['view'] is of class "NoLoggedUserView", > which of course extends "View". The "View" class containts a > few public > methods, namely > > getTitle() > getHeadline() > getSelection() > getSubselection() > getContentHeadline() > getContent() > getFunctions() > > The child class "NoLoggedUserView" contains only the > getContent()-method, which provides a login window. > > But of course I still call all the other methods like getTitle() in my > index.php. > > Until yesterday I encountered no problems with that, but today, if i > call $noLoggedUserView->getTitle() in the index.php i get an empty > document. No error, no warning, no notice ... nothing. The page stays > the same and doesn't change. Even the timestamp I print out > to check if > there has been a change, doesn't change. > > I tested a few things: > The page loads fine and without any problems, if the public method > getTitle() is written in the NoLoggedUserView and the method returns a > stupid string. If getTitle() in NoLoggedUserView looks like this > public function getTitle() { > return parent::getTitle(); > } > there is the same problem as before. I get an empty page, no > changes are > made. > > My current version of getTitle() looks like this: > public function getTitle() { > //return 'NoLoggedTitle'; // works great > //return parent::getTitle(); // no changes are made > > $classname = get_parent_class($this); > $v = new $classname(); > return $v->getTitle(); // works great > } > > And again, this strange thing works. > > So what could cause php to act like this? Any ideas or > suggestions or at > least assumptions? > > Please, I really don't know where to search the mistake.. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
