[Q] Problem with passing an array to an object... :(

[cyanblue]

Howdy... 😉

I am having problem with passing an array item to an object... 🙁

I have class.php file...

<?
	class db
	{
		var $link;
		function db($DBhost, $DBuser, $DBpass)
		{
			$this->link = mysql_pconnect($DBhost, $DBuser, $DBpass);
		}

	function AddTerminal(&$oTerminal)
	{
		echo("Function AddTerminal()<BR>");
		echo("oTerminal->getTerminalType : $oTerminal->getTerminalType<BR>");
		echo("oTerminal->getTerminalName : $oTerminal->getTerminalName<BR>");
		echo("oTerminal->getTerminalTypeID : $oTerminal->getTerminalTypeID<BR>");
	}
}
?>

and I have saveRecord.php file...

<?
	## This first line of Code is to load the database variables.
	require('./Include.inc');
	require('./class.php');

$oTerminal = array(	'getTerminalType' => '1',
				'getTerminalName' => 'NSX PC001',
				'getTerminalTypeID' => 'PC001'
			   );
foreach ($oTerminal as $key => $value)
	echo("$key : $value<BR>");

$theDB = new db($DBhost, $DBuser, $DBpass);
$theDB->AddTerminal($oTerminal);
?>

When I run this saveRecord.php file on my IE browser, I get this...

getTerminalType : 1
getTerminalName : NSX PC001
getTerminalTypeID : PC001
Function AddTerminal()
oTerminal->getTerminalType :
oTerminal->getTerminalName :
oTerminal->getTerminalTypeID :

Which means that I get the value fine before I pass the array to the object, but somehow this is not available within the object... 🙁

I probably am doing something dumb here, but I cannot see what I am doing wrong... 🙁 (I'm trying to get used to this OOP thing but it isn't easy either...)

Any help would be appreciated... Thank you... 😉

[mcrbids]

Try this:

function AddTerminal($oTerminal)
{
$this->oTerminal=$oTerminal;
}

And then, to see if it worked:
foreach($oTerminal->oTerminal as $k => $v)
echo "$k : $v<BR>\n";

Hope this helps. (Use "=" not ":" for assignment!)

-Ben

[cyanblue]

Howdy, mcrbids... Thank you for the quick reply... 😃

This one worked... 😃

		function AddTerminal($oTerminal)
		{
			$this->oTerminal = $oTerminal;
			foreach ($oTerminal as $k => $v)
				echo "$k : $v<BR>\n";
			echo("oTerminal's getTerminalType --- $oTerminal->getTerminalType<BR>");
		}

and the output is like this...

getTerminalType : 1
getTerminalName : NSX PC001
getTerminalTypeID : PC001
oTerminal's getTerminalType ---

I'm almost there, but $oTerminal->getTerminalType is still displaying the value...

I want to know how I can refer to the individual items in the array so that I can use each one later on... 😉

I know it sounds very dumb, but how would I do that??? 😃
(I'm just doing my baby steps, so be gentle for me... 😉)

Thank you for your help... 😉

[ahundiak]

1. Arrays are not objects so using -> is not appropiate.
   echo $oTerminal['getTerminalType'];

2. Doing stuff inside of double quotes can often cause problems. Use {} brackets to avoid some of them.

echo "oTerminal's getTerminalType --- {$oTerminal['getTerminalType']}<BR>";

[cyanblue]

Ah... That worked... Much appreciate it, ahundiak... 🙂

Can you tell me what that -> and => are exactly???
I cannot find the good definitions on the book that I have and the PHP manual...

And, I don't quite understand your point on #2...

How is it different between two lines of code???

echo "oTerminal's getTerminalType --- $oTerminal['getTerminalType']<BR>";
echo "oTerminal's getTerminalType --- {$oTerminal['getTerminalType']}<BR>";

Thank you very much... 😉