Class question

[stuartc1]

Hi Folks,

I am writing my first Class (its about time too), and im a bit confused with the best way to do it. Here is what I have:

class news {

var $record;
var $id;
var $startdate;
var $title;
var $description;

function return_id(){
	return $this->$id;
}

function return_startdate(){
	return $this->$startdate;
}

function return_title(){
	return $this->$title;
}

function return_description(){
	return $this->$description;
}

function record(){
	$this->record ++;
}

function reset(){
	$this->record =0;
}

function getnews(){
	$id[0] = "ID 1";
	$id[1] = "ID 2";
	$id[2] = "ID 3";

	$des[0] = "description 1";
	$des[1] = "description 2";
	$des[2] = "description 3";

	$titl[0] = "title 1";
	$titl[1] = "title 2";
	$titl[2] = "title 3";
}

function con() {
     return mysql_connect("localhost", "root");
}

function sel() {
     return mysql_select_db("ims");
}
}

Ok, so what I need to do is call a record at a time ( the get news function will be database records, I have just created an array for testing). I am having problems constructing this. Has any one any ideas how I could do this ? p.s. I may only need to call five records (individually).

cheers for any help.

[tomhath]

It looks to me that you have too many $'s in there when referencing to object variables. Also your getnews method is missing the $this-> before the id array references.

// wrong:

   function return_id(){
        return $this->$id;
    }

// right:
  function return_id(){
        return $this->id;
    }

[fandelem]

You need a constructor with the same name of the class..

function News( $Trecord = "", $Tid = "",
 $Tstartdate = "", $Ttitle = "", $Tdescription = "")
{
  $record = $Trecord;
  $id = $Tid;
  $startdate = $Tstartdate;
  $title = $Ttitle;
  $description = $Tdescription;

  // anything else you want to do here
}

Then you need to call it by something like..

$News = new News(); // parms are optional
$News->con();
$News->sel();
$News->getnews();
$id = $News->return_id();

hth,

k.

[stuartc1]

thanks for the replies, I will give them a try.
🙂 🙂 🙂