Help with class method calling syntax please!

[bu22]

I have a class that has a method that returns a reference to an object: -

Object1->getObject2();

Now, I want to call Object 2's doSomething() method: -

Object1->getObject2()->doSomething();

This gets a parse error in PHP though! Is this type of calling convention supported in PHP? Or must I do this: -

Object2 =& Object1->getObject2();
Object2->doSomething();

Thanks in advance

[Weedpacket]

Yes.

Admit it: that is the most logical answer to the question "Is this supported or not?".

The real answer to the question you were trying to ask is "No. Object dereferencing is not yet supported in any version of PHP below 5beta1".

In other words, the real answer is "Yes. You have to do it like that."

[Shrike]

PHP 4:

class a {
  var $object;
  function a(){
    $this->object = new c();
  }
}

class b extends a {
  function b(){
    $this->a();
    $this->object->c()
}

class c{
  function c(){
    echo "this does something...blah.. ";
  }
}

$b = new b();

I'm still new to objects so I might have the wrong end of the stick 😉