[RESOLVED] Global Variables Across Multiple Functions

[aspekt9]

I have a news script that displays,adds,updates and deletes articles. I have a function that adds the articles to the database it starts like this:

 function addnews()
    {
      global $LANG01, $db;
      $news = new Page("layout/basic/addnews.thtml");
      $monthp = $_POST['theMonth'];
      $day = $_POST['theDay'];
      $year = $_POST['theYear'];
      $hours = $_POST['theHour'];
      $min = $_POST['theMinutes'];
      $ampm = $_POST['ampm'];...

I have another function which updates the articles and I want to access all those variables so I don't have to retype them in the other function. What's the easiest way to do this? And is it possible to do so without using $GLOBALS?

[Kudose]

aspekt9 wrote:

What's the easiest way to do this?

Make a class.

aspekt9 wrote:

And is it possible to do so without using $GLOBALS?

With a class ... or you could pass the variables into the function properly, via argument.

[aspekt9]

Alright, I put all the functions into a class and I just have a quick question. would I declare the variables like:

var $monthp = $_POST['theMonth'];
    var $day = $_POST['theDay'];
    var $year = $_POST['theYear'];
    var $hours = $_POST['theHour'];

Because it returns an error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE

[wilku]

You just declare varibles in a class. You assign values in a constructor.

Like this:

//class definition
class MyClass
{
    var $monthp;
    var $day;
    var $year;
    var $hours;

//constructor
function MyClass
{
      $this->monthp = $_POST['theMonth'];
      $this->day = $_POST['theDay'];
      $this->year = $_POST['theYear'];
      $this->hours = $_POST['theHour'];
}

//other functions
function AddNews()
{
    //do something with $this->...
 }
} //end of class definition

//and now to instanciate the class
$myObject = new MyClass; //constructor is called here

//call some other methods
$myObject->AddNews();

[aspekt9]

Works great, I figured out that the function name had to be the same as the class name, all is great now, thank you.