Re: [PHP4BETA] Implicit "this" pointers.

Hi, If you don't put $this ->, then PHP would look them up in the global function pool. You won't be able to call the global functions with what you are requesting! Consider this example: class test { function test () { myprint ( "Awesome" ); } function myprint ( $str ) { print "class: $str\n"; } } function myprint ( $str ) { print "global: $str\n"; } $test = new test; If "$this ->" was not required, then the class's own myprint() would have been called, and there would be no way to call the global myprint() from the class. Then we would need a $global (which doesn't exist yet), to call the global functions: $global -> myprint ( $str ); # not supported now ----- Original Message ----- From: "Szii" <szii@earthlink.net> To: <php4beta@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 10:45 AM Subject: [PHP4BETA] Implicit "this" pointers. : Can we get them for objects, please please please? : : class me : { : var $something; : function me() : { : wave(); #won't work! needs $this-> : SayHi(); #here either! needs $this-> : $something = "Does this work?" # won't work, needs $this-> : $this->wave(); #works : } : function SayHi() : { : echo "Hi!"; : } : function wave() : { : echo "*wave*"; : } : } : : : It's very tedious to keep tying $this-> over and over. Maybe I'm : just too spoiled on C++... : : -Szii : : -- : PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List <http://www.php.net/version4/> : To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net : For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net : To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net : :