array within an object

orbitDAH

Hello -

I am trying to create an array within an object function, and subsequently iterate through that array, but have been unsuccessful - here is how I've tried to accomplish the task:

function create_an_array_within_my_object()
{
$temp_var = array();

$query = ("SELECT * FROM myTable");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query))
{
$temp_var[$row[id]] = $row[otherVar];
}

$this->objectVar = $temp_var;
}

// later, I want to iterate through the objectVar...

foreach($object->objectVar as $individual)
{
echo $individual;
}

// This fails to trigger a loop, yet when I echo $object->objectVar, I return "Array"...

I am preplexed - is this possible? Any observations will be greatly appreciated.

Chris

Installer

Is "$row['otherVar']" itself an array? What happens if you do this:

foreach($object->objectVar as $individual) { 
    foreach ($individual as $value) {
        echo $value;
}

(or, more briefly, "print_r($object->objectVar)"?

orbitDAH

No, it's a simple string...

Weedpacket

Here's how I turned your code into something testable:

<?php
class Thingy
{
	var $objectVar;

function Thingy(){}

function create_an_array_within_my_object()
{
	$temp_var = array();

for($i=0;$i<10;$i++)
{
	$temp_var[$i] = mt_rand();
}

$this->objectVar = $temp_var;
}

}



$object = new Thingy;
$object->create_an_array_within_my_object();

foreach($object->objectVar as $individual)
{
	echo $individual,"\n";
} 

?>

And it worked fine. So either the problem is in what I took out or in what you left out.

orbitDAH

Thanks - the extra eyes made the difference!