I might be completely mistaken here, but it looks like there are a few
errors in your code:
- No starting brace for the test() method
- semi-colon used after class def end-brace
- no parentheses after "new test" instance assignment
Don't you want to keep your class as general as possible, and perform
your error-testing functions on the instances? It's hard for me to tell
what kind of data you are trying to represent with this class. My
advice is that, even if it seems unnecessarily didactic, you use some
sort of actual object to help you visualize what you are trying to do
with this class, like Person() or something -- it helps. I can't figure
out what this class is even supposed to do.
Erik
On Friday, April 5, 2002, at 01:21 PM, Brian McLaughlin wrote:
> This is driving me crazy! I've created a class to hold data so I can
> just
> put the object into the session rather than saving off each piece of
> data
> separately. But I'm getting odd results from the arrays in my class
> that I
> can't explain. Here's a hunk of code that demonstrates:
>
> <?php
>
> class test {
>
> var $words;
>
> function test()
>
>
> $t = $this->$words;
> echo "1: words = $t<br>\n"; // Shows that $words is empty
> $this->$words = array();
> $t = $this->$words;
> echo "2: words = $t<br>\n"; // Shows that $words is an array
> $t = $this->$words["Amy"];
> echo "3: words[Amy] = $t<br>\n"; // Shows that $words["Amy"] is
> also an
> array -- WHAT??
> }
> };
>
> ####### Declare a$ to be an array
> echo "1: a = $a<br>\n"; // Shows that $a is empty
> $a = array();
> $t = $a;
> echo "2: a = $t<br>\n"; // Shows that $a is an array
> $t = $a["Amy"];
> echo "3: a[Amy] = $t<br>\n"; // Shows that $a["Amy"] is also
> empty -- GOOD
>
> echo "<br><br>";
>
> ###### Instantiate a test object
> $test = new test;
>
> ?>
>
> When I declare a member variable ($words) within the class and then
> assign
> to it an empty array, it seems all the elements of that array are also
> arrays -- they should be empty. When I do the same thing outside of a
> class
> ($a), I get the results I expect.
>
> Can anyone tell me why that is?
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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