Me -> new_to_oop(); Can't declare new variable in a method?

[br3nn4n]

Here's my code:

 

<?php
  function query($query) {
   $q = mysql_query($query) or die("Error, please try later");
   $q = mysql_fetch_array($q);
   return $q;
  }
?>

 

And I'm getting:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VAR in ...

 

As I said I'm really new to OOP (in general) and classes in PHP, so I'm just missing something simple. Any help

[abazoskib]

that error might not necessarily have anything to do with that function. post more code.

[ToonMariner]

 

 

We do, as abaz says, need to see more code to put this in context

[br3nn4n]

Ah geez, pardon me, I didn't even notice I posted an earlier version of that segment. Sorry about that, I'll get the new code and or old error when I can get to a computer, shouldn't be long.

[br3nn4n]

Here's the right code:

 

<?php

class admin {
  public $page;

  function admin($page) {
   $this -> page = $page;
   $this->db_connect();
  }

  function db_connect() {
   mysql_connect('......stripped....');
   mysql_select_db("wri");
   mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
   return $this;
  }

  function query($query) {
   var $q;
   $q = mysql_query($query) or die("Error, please try later");
   $q = mysql_fetch_array($q);
   return $q;
  }

   function title() {
    // some crazy querying shit here...
    $title = ucfirst($this->page);
    return $title;
   }

  function page() {
  $this->query("SELECT * FROM pages WHERE page='".$this->page."' AND administrative='1'");
  $this->content = print_r($this->q);
  return $this;
  }

  function content() {
  return $this->content;
  }

} //site class

?>

 

Thanks!

[RichardRotterdam]

What version of php are you running? perhaps php 4?

I dont get this error "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VAR in ..."

 

I do see something wrong in the following

function query($query) {
   var $q;
   $q = mysql_query($query) or die("Error, please try later");
   $q = mysql_fetch_array($q);
   return $q;
  }

The var infront of the $q shouldnt be inside a function remove var here

[aschk]

Here's a PHP5 valid version of your code with PHPDoc comments:

 

<?php
/**
* Admin Class
* @author br3nn4n
*/
class admin {

  /**
   * Name of the page.
   * @var string
   */ 
  private $_page;


  /**
   * String containing the page content.
   * @var string
   */
  private $_content;

  /**
   * Constructor
   * @param string $page
   */
  function __construct($page) {
   $this->setPageName($page)
        ->initDB();
  }

  /**
   * Initialise the database connection.
   */
  protected function initDB() {
   mysql_connect('......stripped....');
   mysql_select_db("wri");
   mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
   return $this;
  }

  /** 
   * Set the internal page name.
   * @param string $page
   * @return admin - Allows chaining of methods.
   */
  public function setPageName($page){
    $this->_page = $page;
    return $this;
  }

  /**
   * Execute SQL query and return 1st row as numeric indexed array.
   * @param string $query
   * @return array
   */
  public function query($query) {
   $q = mysql_query($query) or die("Error, please try later");
   $q = mysql_fetch_array($q);
   return $q;
  }

   /**
    * Get the title based on page name.
    * @return string
    */
   public function title() {
    // some crazy querying shit here...
    $title = ucfirst($this->getPageName());
    return $title;
   }

  /**
   * Retrieve the name of the page.
   * @return string
   */
  protected function getPageName(){
    return $this->_page;
  }

  /**
   * Calling page() loads the content from the DB internally.
   * @return admin - Allows method chaining.
   */
  public function function page() {
   $page = $this->query("SELECT * FROM pages WHERE page='{$this->getPageName()}' AND administrative='1'");
   // This is a guess but i'm loading the 1st part of the return query array as the content.
   $this->_content = $page[0];
   return $this;
  }

  /**
   * Get the "page" content.
   * @return string
   */
  public function content() {
    if(!$this->_content){
      $this->page();
    }
    return $this->_content;
  }

}

/**
* @example
*/
$admin = new admin();
print $admin->content();


?>

[br3nn4n]

Alright...! haha, like I admitted I'm still struggling to understand OOP so your example (as simple as it is) has me sort of confused.

 

To clarify: I know about chaining (and returning $this..), that makes sense. But what about the underscores before variables? Not talking about the double underscore to declare the constructor, that's something I get also. But why not just use $page, instead of $_page?

 

Sorry if I'm being a bug :]

[RichardRotterdam]

But what about the underscores before variables? Not talking about the double underscore to declare the constructor, that's something I get also. But why not just use $page, instead of $_page?

 

Anyone correct me if i am wrong.

 

I think it's a style preference to make the difference more clear between public variables and protected + private vars.

 

You don't have to use the underscores it will work fine without it.

[br3nn4n]

But what about the underscores before variables? Not talking about the double underscore to declare the constructor, that's something I get also. But why not just use $page, instead of $_page?

 

Anyone correct me if i am wrong.

 

I think it's a style preference to make the difference more clear between public variables and protected + private vars.

 

You don't have to use the underscores it will work fine without it.

 

Alright, that was sort of what I thought (just a formality / style thing).

 

@aschk: And I plugged in your code and got this:

 

Warning: Missing argument 1 for admin::__construct(), called in ...../admin_class.php on line 106 and defined in ...../admin_class.php on line 25

Notice: Undefined variable: page in ...../admin_class.php on line 26
Error, please try later

 

And I'm sure I'm instantiating the object with the variable, so what could be wrong? I fixed your minor double "function" already, that was a separate error but it's gone now

 

Thank you much!