function returning an array of objects

[Anon]

Hi,

is it possible to return an array of objects from a function?

example (very simple and stupid..):

function getArticles()
{
$art1 = new article(12345);
$art2 = new article(23456);
$art3 = new article(34567);

$array[0] = $art1;
$array[1] = $art2;
$array[2] = $art3;

return $array;
}

when I try:

$articles = getArticles();
the function doesn`t return an array....
=> gettype($articles) returns "NULL"

I`m running PHP 4.0.6 on Linux (Apache 1.3.20)

Thanks in advance

Martin Lilienthal

[Anon]

You might have to initialize your $articles to be an array before you try to fill it. I've run into this before with some code.

$articles = array();
$articles = getArticles();

[Anon]

When I initialize $articles to be an array, it still doesn`t work.... I still get "NULL" when I call gettype($array);

[marcel]

Strange I have try this pice of code and works perfect
<?php
class article
{
}

function getArticles()
{
$art1 = new article(12345);
$art2 = new article(23456);
$art3 = new article(34567);

    $array[0] = $art1;
    $array[1] = $art2;
    $array[2] = $art3;

    return $array;

}

print_r(getArticles());

?>

on PHP 4.0.5 Apache 1.3.12