class problem

[apepelis]

this is bothering the crap out of me.

---

class bandclass
{
var $name = '';
var $photo = 0;
var $playlist = 0;
var $cdreview = 0;
var $event = 0;
var $link = 0;
function setName($n)
{
$this->$name = $n;
}
function getName()
{
return $this->$name;
}
function toString()
{
return $this->$name ." ".$this->$photo ." ".$this->$playlist;
}
}

$sql = "SELECT DISTINCT band FROM picturetable ORDER BY band";
$result = $datab->query($sql);

$bandarray = array();
$myrow = $datab->fetch_array($result);
$b = new bandclass;
$b->setName("$myrow[band]");
$b->$photo=1;

echo "---".$b->getName()."---";

$myrow[band] returns something like
"Cannibal_Corpse" or "Dying_Fetus".
but when I echo getName, it prints solely a 1 no matter what band was actually passed in.
thanks

[su1d]

quit using $this->$name. you need $this->name

and use $b->setName($myrow["band"]); instead of $b->setName("$myrow[band]");

[apepelis]

thanks. that worked perfectly.
I knew it was something simple like that.

[apepelis]

ok... now I got another issue.

I have the class above. I want to fill the an array of that class like this:

$sql = "SELECT DISTINCT band FROM picturetable ORDER BY band";
$result = $datab->query($sql);

$bandarray = array();
while($myrow = $datab->fetch_array($result))
{
$b = new bandclass;
$b->setName("$myrow[band]");
$b->photo=1;
echo $b->getName();
array_push($bandarray, $b);
}

$sql = "SELECT DISTINCT band FROM playlisttable ORDER BY band";
$result = $datab->query($sql);

while($myrow = $datab->fetch_array($result))
{
if (contains ($bandarray, $myrow[band]))
{
// get the above class
$b->playlist = 1;
}
else
{
$b = new bandclass;
$b->setName("$myrow[band]");
$b->=1;
echo $b->getName();
array_push($bandarray, $b);
}
}

and so forth though all my tables.
is there a contains method for an array or objects?

Epecially since I've got to compare based on one member, the name member.
tia

[apepelis]

I guess no one could come up with a slick,
non brute force way..
I guess I'm going to have to iterate through the... wait.
what about a hashtable!
oh $@# I'm such a $@#$