> Hi, > I'm getting confused here. Perhaps someone could point me to an > appropriate section of the manual? > > I have a class defined like so: > <?php > class tclass { > var $mya; > var $myb; > > function tclass() { > $this->mya = ""; > $this->myb = ""; > } > function & squareit($mya) { why "&" ??? > $this->myb = ($this->mya * $this->mya); note: $this->mya is different from $mya (the parameter). then: $this->myb = 0 everytime.... > return $this->myb; > } > } > ?> > > and I'm calling it like this: > <?php > require('tclass.php'); > > $myvar = new tclass; > $tclass->squareit(11); > > echo "result is $tclass"; > ?> > > it outputs "result is Object". > When I include the function 'squareit' in a script without the oo > stuff, I get the result I expect. What am I missing? > you must do: $myvar = new tclass; echo "result is " . $tclass->squareit(11); remember: an Object is a group for methods (functions) and attributes (vars). Jose M. Santibañez A. <jms@nivel5.cl> <http://jms.w.cl/jms> ------- Pensamiento del Dia: Intuicion (s): Un extra~o sexto sentido que le dice a la gente que tienen razon, cuando no la tienen. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/saFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> PHP Data object relational mapping generator - http://www.meta-language.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/