I am a learner, I have a class db to help me connect and fetch results in mySQL.
$set = $db->get_row("SELECT * FROM users");
echo $set->name;
this way i use echo results outside a class.
Now i have created another class name user and it has this function
public function name() {
global $db;
$set = $db->get_row("SELECT * FROM users");
$this->name = $set->name;
}
after initializing the class user, when i try to echo $user->name i dont get expected results.
Note i have declared above var $name; in class user
class DB
{
public function get_row($q)
{
# do query and store in object
return $object;
}
}
class User
{
public $name;
public function __construct()
{
$this->name();
}
public function name() {
global $db;
$set = $db->get_row("SELECT * FROM users");
echo "<pre>".print_r($set)."</pre>"; # make sure $set is returning what you expected.
$this->name = $set->name;
}
}
$db = new DB();
$user = new User();
echo $user->name;
I am very much sorry, i figured out that problem was on my part, i was using cookies and had two cookies set which were giving problems :(
I'm pretty concerned by several things I see here
name()
is terribly uncommunicative as to what the method is supposed to do. Remember, methods are actions - try to give them some sort of verb in their name.global
in a class (or even usage of global
period) when you should be using aggregation or composition.User::name()
, which is why your test is failingHere's some code that addresses these concerns.
<?php
class DB
{
/* Your methods and stuff here */
}
class User
{
protected $db;
protected $name;
public function __construct( DB $db )
{
$this->db = $db;
}
public function getName()
{
if ( is_null( $this->name ) )
{
$set = $this->db->get_row( "SELECT * FROM users" );
$this->name = $set->name;
}
return $this->name;
}
}
$db = new DB();
$user = new User( $db );
echo $user->getName();