accessing class functions

[dirtybbq]

Hi. I am new to PHP. I am using PHP 4.3.8. I have a class called form_object and a class called errors. form_object instantiates an instance of errors. I am trying to access functions in the errors class through the form_object object. Here are trimmed down versions of my code.

form_object.inc

include "errors.inc";

class form_object {
  var $errors;

  function form_object() {
    $this->errors = new errors();
  }

  function get_errors_object() {
    return $this->errors;
  }
}

errors.inc

class errors {
  var $messages;

  function errors() {
    $this->messages = array();
  }

  function add_message($message) {
    $this->messages[] = $message;
  }
}

test.php

include "../classes/form_object.inc";

$my_object = new form_object();
$my_object->get_error_object()->add_message("This is an error message.");

I get:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR

Can anyone help me out? Thanks.

[tsinka]

Hi,

this might not work with PHP 4.3.x (doesn't dereference objects directly), try the following code instead:

$err_object= $my_object->get_error_object();
$err_object->add_message("This is an error message.");

Thomas