Re: accessing one object's attribute from another

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On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 12:45 +1000, Chris wrote:
> 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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Thanks Chris and Robert, these both should work fine and was just what I
was looking for.

Larry 

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