Re: method chaining

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ford, Mike [LSS]" <M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk> To: "'Terry McBride'" <terry@boxitllc.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 1:33 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] method chaining > Apologies for the previous truncated version of this -- dunno what happened there!! > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Terry McBride [mailto:terry@boxitllc.com] > > Sent: 11 November 2002 15:53 > > > > I have a question about php and OO. I want to chain methods > > together having > > them performed on the results of the following method. > > Meaning something > > like $foo->get("bar")->getBaz(). > > > > I get the following error from the script bellow. > > Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR, > > expecting ',' or ';' > > in /usr/local/apache/php/testchain.php on line 47 > > > > Anybody know why I can't do this? Anyway to make it it one statement > > instead of $tmp = $foo->get("bar"); $tmp->getBaz(); -- lame --? > > Is their a config setting or something? > > As already noted, this doesn't work currently -- however, as I understand it, it does work in Zend Engine 2 and so should make an appearance in PHP 5. > > Cheers! > > Mike > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, > Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, > JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, > Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom > Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk > Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 > it does work in Zend Engine 2, and so should make an appearance in PHP 5. >