Thanks all! I've got it working now. Great suggestions and truly helpful references and links. Best Regards - Rick ============ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Marscher Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:11 PM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] Help with a self:: ish problem On Dec 6, 2007, at 9:58 AM, Rick Retzko wrote: ...snip... $completed=self::update(); //<== THIS IS THE PROBLEM LINE ...snip... When I change that line to "$completed=self::$this->_aData['action'].'()';" (which contains the string 'update'), the line is read, but nothing happens. When I add "$action=$this->_aData['action'].'()';", then change the line to "$completed=self::$action;", I get the following error message: Fatal error: Access to undeclared static property: actions::$action in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\cjmea\hs_choir\classes\class.actions.php5 on line 37. Here's what you're looking for. Also... my two cents... name your class something less common than actions and capitalize your class names - this helps with readability and making it clear that something is a class. Use protected instead of private unless you really need visibility contained to the current class for some reason. If you extended your actions class, the new class wouldn't be able to access the private methods and variables. <?php class RetzkoActions { protected $_aData; protected $_table; public function __construct() { $this->_aData = array(); $this->_table = false; } protected function update() { echo "Update being executed!\n"; return true; } public function do_action($table, $data) { $this->_aData = $data; $this->{$this->_aData['action']}(); // as you can see this is hard to read... // so it's probably worth doing this $action = $this->_aData['action']; $this->$action(); } } $instance = new RetzkoActions(); $instance->do_action('someTable', array('action' => 'update')); ?>
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