Array vars in Classes between PHP 4 and PHP 5

[revaaron]

ok, here's very simply what i'm doing...

class device
{
var $devicesArray;
var $i;
var $name;
function device($name)
{
$name = $name;
}

function addDevice($_key, $_val)
{    	

print_r($this->devicesArray );

$this->devicesArray = array_merge($this->devicesArray, array($key => $val));

print_r($this->devicesArray );
echo "<br>";
}
}

then I have some other file that says:

$myDevice = new device("asdjlk");
$myDevice("ds1","ddddddd");
$myDevice("ds2","eeeee");
$myDevice("ds3","ffffffff");

when I run this in PHP 5, I get what I expect.. the array grows.
when I run it in PHP 4, I get
Array ( ) Array ( [0] => ddddddd)
Array ( ) Array ( [0] => eeeeeee )
Array ( ) Array ( [0] => fffffff)

what the heck am I doing wrong?

[Installer]

It's strange it works for you in v.5. These lines:

$myDevice("ds1","ddddddd"); 
$myDevice("ds2","eeeee"); 
$myDevice("ds3","ffffffff");

should produce an "undefined function..." error in any version (and do for me).

This code:

$myDevice->addDevice("ds1","ddddddd"); 
$myDevice->addDevice("ds2","eeeee"); 
$myDevice->addDevice("ds3","ffffffff");

will work in PHP < 5 outputting
Array ( [ds1] => ddddddd )
Array ( [ds1] => ddddddd ) Array ( [ds1] => ddddddd [ds2] => eeeee )
Array ( [ds1] => ddddddd [ds2] => eeeee ) Array ( [ds1] => ddddddd [ds2] => eeeee [ds3] => ffffffff )
but as of v.5 an error will result, since both arguments to "array_merge" must be arrays.

[revaaron]

I typed that one wrong... it's suppose to be:
$myDevice = new device("asdjlk");
$myDevice->addDevice("ds1","ddddddd");
$myDevice->addDevice("ds2","eeeee");
$myDevice->addDevice("ds3","ffffffff");

and:

function device($name)
{
$this->name = $name;
$this->devicesArray = array();
}

after 12 hours of frustration, I didn't really do such a good job asking for help..

[revaaron]

so it looks like the array member vairable isn't taking changes to the value...
so when you jump out of it's scope, it looses when you set them too.
arg!