note 24491 added to ref.classobj

If you want to be able to call an instance of a class from within another class, all you need to do is store a reference to the external class as a property of the local class (can use the constructor to pass this to the class), then call the external method like this: $this->classref->memberfunction($vars); or if the double '->' is too freaky for you, how about: $ref=&$this->classref; $ref->memberfunction($vars); This is handy if you write something like a general SQL class that you want member functions in other classes to be able to use, but want to keep namespaces separate. Hope that helps someone. Justin Example: <?php class class1 { function test($var) { $result = $var + 2; return $result; } } class class2{ var $ref_to_class=''; # to be pointer to other class function class1(&$ref){ #constructor $this->ref_to_class=$ref; #save ref to other class as property of this class } function test2($var){ $val = $this->ref_to_class->test($var); #call other class using ref return $val; } } $obj1=new class1; # obj1 is instantiated. $obj2=new class2($obj1); # pass ref to obj1 when instantiating obj2 $var=5; $result=obj2->test2($var); # call method in obj2, which calls method in obj1 echo ($result); ?> -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.classobj.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+24491 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+24491 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+24491