Re: generically accessing member variables problem

Tom Rogers <trogers@kwikin.com> wrote... : > Hi, > > Thursday, November 7, 2002, 3:45:34 AM, you wrote: > > MM> Yet, this is not a such elegant way doing it. It can be helpful in a lot > MM> of cases, but most often, element key is enough. Try rethinking your > MM> logic: > > > MM> class Example { > MM> var $array = array(); > > MM> function add2array($element_name, $val){ > MM> $this->$array[$element_name] = $val; > MM> } > > MM> } > MM> $t = new Example(); > $t->>add2array('array1',25); > $t->>add2array('array2',26); > $t->>add2array('array3',"Hello"); > MM> echo '<pre>'; > MM> print_r($t); > MM> echo '</pre>'; > > > MM> Cleaner and more scalable, no? > > Yes and to fit the original 3 seperate arrays it would be > > function add2array($element_name, $val){ > $this->$array[$element_name][] = $val; > } No, because you pass it the name and data. This way every name will become element's name containing the relevant data. Your way just makes it an associative array without a way of directly accessing it. -- Maxim Maletsky maxim@php.net