Variable variables and objects

[Infected.Shadow]

I'm currently in the process of coding a module sys for my site. So far I have it detecting and loading everything perfectly. Though I've recently hit a brick wall.

 

<?php

class module
{
    var $moduleList;
    var $functionList;
    var $modCount;
    var $path = 'modules/';
    
    function module()
    {
        $this->loadModules();
    } // emd module())
    
    private function loadModules()
    {
        $handle = @opendir($this->path) or die('Unable to open '.$this->path);
        
        $this->modCount = 0;
        
        while($file = readdir($handle))
        {
         	// !!!!! Why is this working? !!!!!
         	// !is_dir($file) is detecting directories when it should not be...
         	// further investigation needed later. Perhaps a better way to check.
         	// ***slight fix by reverting back to just single file modules instead of modules in directories
            if(!is_dir($file))
            {
                $temp = explode('.', $file);
                $this->moduleList[$this->modCount] = $temp[0];
                $this->modCount++;
            }
        }
        
        closedir($handle);
    } // end loadModule())
    
    // This function is for testing purposes only. To be moved to administrator panel in the future...    
    public function listModules()
    {
        echo '<strong>'.$this->modCount.' modules loaded...</strong><br />';
        
        for($i = 0; $i < $this->modCount; $i++)
        {
            echo $this->moduleList[$i].'<br />';
        }        
    } // end listModules()
    

    public function getModCount()
    {
        return $this->modCount;
     } // end getModCount()
    
    // *** Clean this up in the future
    public function load($module)
    {
        include($this->path.$this->moduleList[$module].'.php');

        $l = new ${$this->moduleList[$module]()}; //doesn't work
        $k =  new test(); //works (temp testing)
    } // end load()
} // end class module

?>

 

My problem is in the load() function. $k works fine in creating the object, where as $l is producing:

 

Fatal error: Call to undefined function test() in C:\www\htdocs\modulesys\module.php on line 60

 

I'm trying to make it so that you only need to create the object and the rest is handled in the constructor of the class. I've tested variable variables with calling functions and such, and don't see why it shouldn't work here. Am I wrong in this thinking or did I just happen to mess up some where?

 

edit:

 

In case it helps, here are the other two files...

 

index.php

<?php

include('module.php');

$m = new module();
$m->listModules();

//implement module on/off later
for($i = 0; $i < $m->getModCount(); $i++)
{
$m->load($i);
}

?>

 

modules/test.php

<?php

class test extends module
{
    function test()
    {
	$this->display();
}
    
    function display()
    {
        echo 'Test!';
    } 
}

?>

[premiso]

$l = new $this->moduleList[$module]();

 

That will work, basically using the { } wanted to look for a function, doing it like above looks for a class.

[Infected.Shadow]

$l = new $this->moduleList[$module]();

 

That will work, basically using the { } wanted to look for a function, doing it like above looks for a class.

 

Ah thank you so much. I'm still kind of new to variable variables with how they work at times. Much thanks again.