Re: get an object property

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 07:31:01PM -0400, Tom Worster wrote: > if i have an expression that evaluates to an object, the return value from a > function, say, and i only want the value of one of the objects properties, > is there a tidy way to get it without setting another variable? > > to illustrate, here's something that doesn't work, but it would be > convenient if it did: > > $o = array( (object) array('a'=>1), (object) array('a'=>2) ); > > if ( end($o)->a > 1 ) { // can't use -> like this! > ... > } > You should use print_r() or var_dump() to investigate what happens when you try to cast an array into an object. I myself don't know what would happen. Also, what's allowed and what effects are produced could depend heavily on the version of PHP you're running. Version 4 != 5 != 5.3 in this respect. Paul -- Paul M. Foster