Re: how to access class members

On 4 May 2010 14:02, Alexander Schunk <aschunk@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > i have a question: > > How to access class members? > > I have the following class definition: > > class Mitarbeiter{ > >           public $name = 'meier'; >           public $alter = '50'; >           public $gehalt = '2000'; >           public $abteilung = 'programmierung'; > >           function printMember(){ >              echo 'Name: ' . $this->public; >              echo 'Alter: ' . $this->public; >              echo 'Gehalt: ' . $this->public; >              echo 'Abteilung: ' . $this->public; >           } >      } > > Now i want to access the public member with: > > $m = new Mitarbeiter(); > $m->printMember(); > > When calling method printMember() i get an error "cannot access empty > class member". > > I dont see why the class members are empty? > > Regards > Alexander > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > echo $this->name; public relates to the visibility of the property (public - can be seen by all, protected - can only be seen by this class and sub-classes and private - can only be seen by this class). Read more about this at http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.visibility.php -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling