Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] php: return array of objects?

[Don S. <do...@se...>]

Nevermind.

Note to children:  When you grow up and want to be a php programmer, try 
not to be a careless idiot and re-use the variable name of your array of 
objects for an array of template data.

Don.

On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Don Seiler wrote:

> I failed to note that Manager.getThings passes a reference to the Things 
> array, not a copy.  Otherwise the point of keeping the Things array in the 
> session would be lost.  But I have tried it with just the copy and I got 
> the same error.
> 
> Don.
> 
> On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Don Seiler wrote:
> 
> > Came across a stumbling block and need a fresh set of eyes.
> > 
> > I have 3 classes in my module (among others).  Manager, Item, and Thing.  
> > Thing is a set of dynamic fields that could be in item.  The Thing class 
> > defines the fields, not their values.  So I thought it would be best to 
> > have my array of Things in the Manager class.
> > 
> > So my Manager constructor it calls the sql to get all the things out of 
> > the database and populates an array of Thing objects.
> > 
> > All is good.
> > 
> > Now when the Item needs to get the list of Things to display forms or 
> > values it would just get the list like this:
> > 
> > $this->mythings = $_SESSION["SES_MODULE_MANAGER"]->getThings();
> > 
> > Manager.getThings is defined as:
> > 
> > function getThings() {
> > 	// Things is the array of Thing object populated in the 
> > constructor
> > 	return $this->_things;
> > }
> > 
> > I have echo statements that verify that the array return has the same 
> > number of items as the array in the Manager.  However when I try to make 
> > function calls on the Thing objects in the array from my Item, I get error 
> > about call to member object on a non-object.  Example would be if I tried 
> > this from my Item class:
> > 
> > for($i=0; $i<count($this->mythings); $i++)
> > 	$this->mythings[$i]->renderThing();
> > 
> > 
> > I had assumed it was pretty trivial, but can I, in fact, return an array 
> > of objects from the session?
> > 
> > Don.
> > 
> > 
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