Larry Brown wrote:
> Hi all, I've be developing with a structured approach for a long time
> and am working at improving my site by adding some classes etc. I
> however, am running into an odd thing that I can't figure out what a
> reasonable search syntax would yield the desired solution. The problem
> is as follows:
>
> class a {
>
> var $thisVar;
> ...
> }
>
> class b {
>
> function hello()
> {
> echo $first->thisVar;
> }
> }
>
> $first = new a();
> $first->thisVar = "world";
>
> $second = new b();
> $second->hello();
>
>
> There are a number of variables and methods that are common throughout
> the user's session that I'm storing in object $first. Class b has
> nothing in common with a except that it needs a couple of the variables
> stored in the object that is hanging around in the session.
>
> Is $first->thisVar the wrong way to reference that variable? How can I
> get to it?

$first doesn't exist to $second - you need to make it so it knows what
it is.

class b {
var $first;
function __construct($first) {
$this->first = $first;
}

function hello() {
echo $this->first->thisVar;
}
}

then you:

$first = new a();
$second = new b($first);
$second->hello();

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