Re: can you get the name of an object from within it's own class?

Yeah, my brain is broke enough already, i'll just give the class an optional 'name' property. Thanks all! "Will Steffen" <will@internetmedia.co.za> wrote in message news:003101c25e34$2a049950$8000a8c0@william... > Hehe why break your brain- give the class an id property - then you can > have a getid method and do something like this > > $id = $this->getid(); > $this->fpLog = fopen("$id.log","w+"); > > get_object_vars only seems to return properties so its not gonna help > you. > > I'm currently working on an object thang as well and what ive done where > I have whole bunch of similar objects is to chuck them into a name=value > array as they get created so I can find them and fiddle with them again. > I have no idea if that helps you, or if its even good coding practice > (formal training - wots that?) > > hey im also a n00b so don't take my word on it - actual mileage may > vary :-P