Setting empty objects?

[Anon]

i currently have a form whose fields are filled in using information from a database. the variable $row is an object containing the row data from a query to the database. therefore, "echo $row->fname" would print out the firstname of the record. This works fine, until i want to add a new record using the same form. i get an error saying that "object row is not found" which is correct because the record is new and i do not set row unless i am editing information. the question is...can i set row to just be a blank object? i would much rather do this than go back to my many files and change everthing to read "if ($row) echo $row->fname;" thanks in advance!

[Anon]

Depending on your object, you could do
if (!$row) $row = new row;
above the code that echos out the properties of the object.

[Anon]

I tried that and it did not work...my $row object is set like this:

$row = mysql_fetch_object($sql_result);

I don't think that the object type of this is "row." Any other suggestions?

Tom Anderson wrote:

Depending on your object, you could do
if (!$row) $row = new row;
above the code that echos out the properties of the object.