Question about Set

[TomTees]

What does this code do?

 

    public function render() {
        $this->set('users', $this->model->findAll());        
    } 

 

 

TomTees

 

[btherl]

Are you looking for a technical explanation, like "It sets users in the current object to the return value of $this->model->findAll()", or an explanation of what it actually achieves?  I can only help with the technical part unfortunately.

[TomTees]

Are you looking for a technical explanation, like "It sets users in the current object to the return value of $this->model->findAll()", or an explanation of what it actually achieves?  I can only help with the technical part unfortunately.

 

What is "SET"?

 

Are we talking about assigning a "constant" a value?

 

Is it a variable?

 

Follow my confusion?

 

 

TomTees

 

 

[BlueSkyIS]

set is a function of $this, whatever that is (not enough code). we can only guess what set does, not seeing the function or the class it belongs to.

[btherl]

Usually, $this->set() is a wrapper for setting a class member to a value.

 

$this->set('foo', 'bar');

 

is a wrapper for

 

$this->foo = 'bar';

 

The reason it's a wrapper is in case you want to change the internals of the class without affecting the interface.