Re: learning to right objects

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:35:33 -0500, Blake Schroeder <blake@lhwd.net> wrote: > I am trying to change some of my functions in to classes and objects. I > have been checking out the php.net and google and still not grasping the > concept. > > here is my example all I am trying to do is print 2 numbers to the > browser that are randomly generated from dieRolls. > > Thanks in advance > > -Blake > > class dieRolls{ > function dieRolls($die){ > $num = rand(1, $die); You're storing this value in a local var, not an object property. Try: $this->num = rand(1, $die); > $this->num; This does nothing as $this->num is not set (see above) and you're not *doing* anything with it. > } > } > > $num1 = new dieRolls("6"); > $num2 = new dieRolls("8"); > $bar1 = $num1->bar1; > $bar2 = $num2->bar2; I don't know what you think these two lines are doing. You never set bar1 or bar2, so you'r enot going to get anything. > echo"Hi<br>\n"; > echo"$bar1<br>\n"; > echo"$bar2<br>\n"; > I would suggest using this (after fixing the first problem I pointed out): echo $num1->num."<br/>\n"; echo $num2->num."<br/>\n"; -- DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder paperCrane --Justin Patrin--