basic class question

[casperpage]

here is my basic class.

class testclass
{ var $test = "12";

function getclass($test)
{	$this->test = "15";
}

}

i am trying to make it so that this code

$testing = new testclass;
print "variable 1: ".$testing->test."<br>\n";

print out 15.

i could do it this way

class testclass
{ var $test = "12";

function getclass($test)
{	$returntest = 15;
           return ($returntest);
}

}

$testing = new testclass;
print "variable 1: ".$testing->getclass()."<br>\n";

but i am going to be making random numbers and i dont want them to change everytime.....not sure if i explained this real well.

[wilsonodk]

This is one way...

class testclass {
  var $test;

  // Constructor function
  function testclass($test) {
    $this->test = $test;
  }

  // Getter method
  function getclass() {
    return $this->test;
  }
}

$testing = new testclass("15");

echo "Variable 1: ". $testing->getclass() ."<br>\n";

You could also use setter methods such as this...

class testclass {
  var $test;

  // Setter method
  function setclass($test) {
    $this->test = $test;
  }

  // Getter method
  function getclass() {
    return $this->test;
  }
}

$testing = new testclass;
$testing->setclass("15");

echo "Variable 1: ". $testing->getclass() ."<br>\n";

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