Call method of object's member

ytse

Ok an example is the best :

class CMine {

function CMine() {
...
}

function get_submine() {
return new CMine();
}
}

I now wish in my code to do something like
$myMine= new CMine();
$mySubMineLv2= $myMine->get_submine()->get_submine();

I can't get this syntax a->b()->c() to work.
Note that I tested my code to ensure that a->b() returns a valid object. If I do :
$myTMPMine=$myMine->get_submine();
$mySubMineLv2=$myTMPMine->het_submine();
everything's correct, but sometimes I don't need the temp object as I only wish to call one method.

Plz help...

Weedpacket

Try:

$mySubMineLv2 =  $myMine->get_submine();
$mySubMineLv2 = $mySubMineLv2->get_submine();

Potentially tiresome, and I hope the language gets suitably extended soon, but at least this works.

ytse

Well, I know this works (it's almost the same as my last example instead of using myTMP)

No way to write it "java-like" or "asp-like" or whatever OO language ?????
🙁

Weedpacket

Originally posted by ytse
Well, I know this works (it's almost the same as my last example instead of using myTMP)

True - the only difference is that mine doesn't leave temporary variables lying around. I tend to be tidy that way 🙂

No way to write it "java-like" or "asp-like" or whatever OO language ?????
🙁

Apart from using Java or VBScript? 🙁

I did once see something on why $foo->bar()->baz() wasn't covered, but I forget where it was or what it said. Maybe it was something along the lines of saying that -> is not (yet) treated as an operator, and certainly not as a left-associative one (which is what we both want it to be).