Re: public and private parts in classes ?

class Test { function Test() { $_this->foo = "bar"; } } $n = new Test; echo "foo: " . $n->foo."\n"; var_dump($n); returns : foo: object(test)(0) { } So there is no member variable which you meant to be private in the instance $n of class Test. Have fun. Andrey Hristov IcyGEN Corporation http://www.icygen.com BALANCED SOLUTIONS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Winfield" <pioneer@dac.org> To: "Andrey Hristov" <ahristov@icygen.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] public and private parts in classes ? > On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Andrey Hristov wrote: > > > You by yourself showed that you code return: > > echo "foo: " . $n->foo; > > // returns 'foo: ' > > but if the code was correct it must return : > > "foo: bar", not "foo: " > > Exactly. Thus, it means that by adding the underscore, I had made the > property private which was the whole point of the exercise. If the > property had not been private, then yes the script would have had the > output "foo: bar". See? > > Cheers, > > Nick W.. > -[ pioneer@dac.org ]- > > :: today's word is.. > > haggis (n): a small, hairy creature that has 8 long legs, looks like a set > of bagpipes and tastes good with deep-fried chipped potatoes > > >