Definition problems

[ch4in54w]

Im trying to install this PHP/SQL browser game and it requires adodb on the server, this is no biggie I have it installed and good to go.

When trying to run the game it gives me an error:
"Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in www/myhost/footer.php on line 21"

Here is what the code says on that line in footer.php:

$online = $debug_query->RecordCount();

I take it, its saying that "RecordCount" isnt defined? if that is the case I located where it is defined and included the file, but its still giving me the error..
Here is what the defining file says:

function RecordCount() {return $this->_numOfRows;}

in footer.php I added "include ("backends/adodb/adodb.inc.php");" which links to the file defining RecordCount()

any ideas??

[laserlight]

No, it is saying that $debug_query is not an object, particularly not an object of a class with a RecordCount() member function.

[ch4in54w]

so how do I go about making it an object?

[ShawnK]

usually for me that error comes around when I misspell the name of a class, or function, or forget to start a new instance on the class before i use a function within it

[Weedpacket]

Another possibility is that when it was defined, it was to something (such as null, or false) that is not an object.