Constructor not setting class variables

[tempestdash]

I'm trying to build a class in PHP and for some reason I can't seem to set the class variables properly. Every time I call a function of the class, the variables, which were set by the constructor, are null.

Does anyone have any advice? Here's the code for the constructor and one of the functions that use an object variable:

class comicNavigator{
  var $comic_list;
  var $cur_comic;
  var $last_comic;
  var $chapter_list;
  var $cur_chapter;

// Initialize our ordered list of existing comics and set the
// current comic.
  function comicNavigator ( $list, $cur = null ){
    echo $list;
    $comic_list = $list;
    $last_comic = count( $list ) -1;
    if( $cur ){
      $index = 0;
      foreach( $list as $item ){
        if ( $item[4] == $cur ){
          $cur_comic = $index;
        }
        $index++;
      }
      $cur_comic = $cur;
    } else {
      $cur_comic = $last_comic;
    }
    $cur_chapter = substr( $list[$cur_comic][4], 0, strpos( $list[$cur_comic][4], "x" )+1 );
    echo "End of Init: ".$comic_list;
  }

  function nextComic (){
    if( $cur_comic == $last_comic ){
      return null;
    } else {
      return $comic_list[$cur_comic+1][4];
    }
  }
}

For reference, the variable $list is a 2-dimentional array.

[jpr]

class comicNavigator {

  var $comic_list;


  function comicNavigator ( $list, $cur = null ){ 
      $this->comic_list = $list
  }

  function anotherFunction() {
      return $this->comic_list;
  }
}

[tempestdash]

Without the "$" before the variable? Errr. I mean:

$this->comic_list

instead of

$this->$comic_list

[tempestdash]

Is there a way to pull class variables into the local scope? Similiar to the "global" command, so I don't have to use $this-> every time?

[thorpe]

Yes. All variables should be refered to as...

$this->comic_list

[thorpe]

Is there a way to pull class variables into the local scope?

Nope. Well, I meen the $this-> operator is telling php that it is a local variable. Local to the class.

[jpr]

It might be possible to do in the constructor, but it would be a very silly and unorthadox thing to do. Not to mention if data is lost then if you variable names ever conflict.

[tempestdash]

Fair enough.

Thanks for the help!