Class Inheritence

xwin

say i have a class (class1.php) which i load as $class1 = new class1 in main.php, but I want to reference from class2 (class2.php) but I don't want to have to include the entire class1.php in class2.php, is there a way to reference it from how it's already been set up in main.php?

Installer

include_once or require_once may be what you need.

xwin

not what I asked; I want to access the functions in class2 from class1 without reloading (include, require) the class1 file inside it.

thorpe

You cant. The class needs to be defined somewhere within reach. Maybe your still not being clear enough... sorry.

xwin

main.php

require class1.php
require class2.php
$class1 = new class1 ;
$class2 = new class2 ;
$class2->function2() ;

class1.php

class class1 {
  function function1() {
    return;
  }
}

class2.php

class class2 {
  function function2() {
    $class1->function1();
  }
}

is there a way to do something like this?

thorpe

Many ways. The question is why? If you really want to tie your classes so closely together, why not use inheritence?

[man]oop[/man].

xwin

this is what I am trying to do, I'm just not quite sure how to do it 🙂

xwin

figured it out using ::

I got one more question...

my variables are outputting as $var instead of the value of the actual variable (in a string). I've tried encapsulating the variables in {} which usually works inside a string but isn't.

Is there another way to make variables output their contents and not their name in a string?