Re: PHP5 Class problem

daniel@electroteque.org wrote: > >> >> 1. you are calling the method on a object >> (i.e. not as a static call like SessionHandler::getOrgSession()) >> >> 2. the function (method) you are calling is _NOT_ defined as static. >> >> in your case you have defined all your methods as static.... so the >> engine will not make $this available even if you call the >> method/function on an instantiated object. >> >> solution - remove 'static' from the function definitions that you wish >> to use $this in. >> > > > how odd, i have assumed having a class static you could still throw around > variables inside it, or its only meant to stay in the one static method so > executing it like As I understand it... It's not that you can't use any variables at all -- It's that "$this" doesn't make any sense in that context. "$this" refers to the particular instance of the object you have created with "new XYZ" $xyz = new XYZ(); $xyz->bar(); When bar refers to "$this" it means the same as the "$xyz" instance. If you are calling a static method XYZ::foo() then, really, there *IS* no object inside of foo() to be called "$this" -- You didn't create an instance of XYZ, so there is no instance to be named "$this" -- There is only the class definition and the method. It's an object that's not there -- more like the idea of an object without having an actual concrete object to hang on to. Hope that helps make sense of it all. Hell, hope that's actually correct! :-^ -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm