2009/2/10 Michael Kubler <mdkknd@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > I'm just getting into programming in an Object Oriented fashion, and am > looking for some guides, tutorials, hints, tips, etc... > > I only just found out that you remove the $ from variables when calling them > from $this-> > > e.g : > <?php > class People > { > private $person = "not set"; > function __construct() > { > *$person* = "A person"; //This doesn't work (well it creates a variable > $person that only has the scope of the current function from what I can > gather).. > $this->*person* = "A person"; //This works properly > } > function display_list() > { > echo $person; //This doesn't work > echo $this->person; //This works. > } > } > > $person= new People; > $person->display_list(); > ?> > > > Instead of painstakingly working out most of the other mistakes I'm likely > to make, I'd love to read about other peoples issues they had with learning > OO so I can skip most of the hard stuff, and only make small mistakes > (hopefully). Ok, because it's you I'm going to offer you this ebook at the very very very low limited time price of $49 and I'll throw in a free watermelon. Ahh, hell, I can't be arsed. It's in the frickin' manual: http://php.net/oop -Stuart -- http://stut.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php