[RESOLVED] retrieving data from object or array

[schwim]

Hi there everyone,

I need a bit of data from an object and it looks like the part I need is considered private and I don't know how to record it to the database.

I need lastModified from this:

Character Object
(
    [name:private] => Govannin
    [region:private] => us
    [realm:private] => Thrall
    [characterData:private] => Array
        (
            [lastModified] => 1341425385000
            [name] => Govannin
            [realm] => Thrall
            [battlegroup] => Stormstrike
            [class] => 9
            [race] => 1
            [gender] => 0
            [level] => 85
            [achievementPoints] => 9705
            [thumbnail] => thrall/96/35764320-avatar.jpg
            [reputation] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [id] => 1098
                            [name] => Knights of the Ebon Blade
                            [standing] => 7
                            [value] => 999
                            [max] => 999
                        )

                [1] => Array
                    (
                        [id] => 1094
                        [name] => The Silver Covenant
                        [standing] => 7
                        [value] => 999
                        [max] => 999
                    )

It seems that the proper way to get this is to use:

$lastactive = $character->characterData->lastModified;

but when I try echoing that, I get:

Fatal error: Cannot access private property Character::$characterData in /home/clash/public_html/reputation.php on line 10

I'm just trying to record it from the database. It's a last-seen timestamp and would hardly consider it actual private data since we all se when each of us is on, but I'm wondering if I can redeclare this as public info somehow so I can store it in the database for each user?

[schwim]

Well, I'm pretty confused now.

I've changed the class file in use to:

public $characterData;

and the array now lists as:

[characterData] => Array
        (
            [lastModified] => 1341425385000
            [name] => Govannin
            [realm] => Thrall
            [battlegroup] => Stormstrike
            [class] => 9
            [race] => 1
            [gender] => 0
            [level] => 85
            [achievementPoints] => 9705
            [thumbnail] => thrall/96/35764320-avatar.jpg
            [titles] => Array

So it's no longer listed as private, but when I try to echo:

$character->characterData->lastModified

it still shows up as blank. How am I supposed to get that data?

[schwim]

Eureka!

I noticed that there was an array inside the object, so I took the things I learned from both my object and array tutorials and combined them:

$lastactive = $character->characterData['lastModified'];

and that allowed me to echo the variable. Woot!