Pass instance to another class?

[move3rd]

Hi,

I'm trying to pass an instance of my class 'Validation' to 'permissions' but it doesnt seem to be working as I expected it to.

include_once($application["fusebox"]["WebRootToAppRootPath"]."classes/validation.php");
$validate = new Validation;

include_once($application["fusebox"]["WebRootToAppRootPath"]."classes/permissions.php");
// pass the db connection and validation instance to permissions class
$permissions = new Permissions($db,$validate);

$result = $permissions->is_registered('$username','$password');

// return errors for use in dsp_messages.php
$errors = $validate->get_errors();
$notices = $validate->get_notices();

include($application["fusebox"]["WebRootToAppRootPath"]."view/dsp_messages.php");

When I call 'is_registered()' the 'Permissions' class should check to see if the user and pass are valid and call either add_error() or add_ntoice() from the Validation class which are then outputed through dsp_messages.php.

I'm not getting any output from the 'Validation' class. Is this just the wrong way to go about things or have I just missed somthing?

Thanks

[Installer]

Firstly, when you put a variable inside single quotes, it's no longer a variable, i.e. it will be parsed as a literal string. So

$result = $permissions->is_registered('$username','$password');

should be

$result = $permissions->is_registered($username',$password);

For you problem: Here's a simplified reconstruction of your described code that works like I think you're trying to do:

class Validation
{
    var $notices;

function Validation()
{
    $this->notices = 'false';
}

function add_notices($var)
{
    if ($var) {
        $this->notices = 'true';
    }
}

function get_notices()
{
    return $this->notices;
}
}

class Permissions
{
    var $val_obj;

function Permissions($obj)
{
    $this->val_obj = $obj;
}

function is_registered($uname, $pword)
{
    $this->val_obj->add_notices(true);
}
}

$validate = new Validation(); 
$permissions = new Permissions($validate); 
$username = 'username';
$password = 'password';
$result = $permissions->is_registered($username,$password); 
$notices = $validate->get_notices(); 
echo $notices;

// Echos "true"

[move3rd]

Thanks for that,

As you demonstrated, it is possible to pass an instance of class into an instance of a different class.

Even with the changes you suggested my script still isn’t working, the problem but be elsewhere.