vars from parent class

["Adrian Ondrovic" <ondrovic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

1. Folks I have a parent class cMySQL the handles basic mysql queries
and connection ...

2. I have a child class cGetMenu which uses methods of parent class for
accessing mysql
3. in cGetMenu class the constructor checks if the given menu table is
of appropriate structure:

$fields = mysql_list_fields($this->MYSQL_DATABASE, $this->menu_table,
$this->connection);
		$columns = mysql_num_fields($fields);
		for ($i=0; $i<$columns; $i++):
		    $table_columns[] = mysql_field_name($fields, $i);
		endfor;

4. $this->MYSQL_DATABASE and $this->connection are the vars from
existing instance of parent cMySQL class

QUESTION: how do I get these vars from existing instant of parent class
MySQL and pass them to child?


My solution is by getting vars by get_object_vars() 

$sql = new cMySQL();
	$sql->MYSQL_PASSWORD="blablabla";
	$sql->MYSQL_USERNAME="blabla";
	$sql->MYSQL_DATABASE="dev";
	$sql->MYSQL_SERVER="localhost";
	$sql->connect();

$sql_vars = get_object_vars($sql);
$get_menu = new cGetMenu("menu_$lg", $sql_vars);

and then giving it to constructor of child class as an array and
defining them again

function cGetMenu($menu_table, $sql_vars){ 
// this function checks whether there is a menu table or required
structure
// $sql_vars are variables from existing instant of parent class cMySQL
		$this->menu_table = $menu_table;
		$this->MYSQL_DATABASE = $sql_vars['MYSQL_DATABASE'];
		$this->connection = $sql_vars['connection'];
.....


Is there any other way how to solve this?

Thanks, thanks, thanks

Adrian 






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