Variable question.

[spires]

Hi, I have a quick question:

is it possible to replace a Class name with a variable?

 

I keep getting an error when I try:

 

Area_town::count_all();

becomes:

$className = 'Area_town';

$className::count_all();

 

I want to make the page dynamic, but to do so, I have to have the Class name as a dynamic name.

 

 

Error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in /home/p/o/powtest/web/public_html/admin/lib/pagination/paging_town_data.php on line 15

 

 

Thanks

[trq]

I'm not in a position to test at the moment but I'm not sure that is possible with un-instantiated classes and static methods. It is possible within objects however.

[shlumph]

This is what you're looking for:

 

http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.call-user-func.php

 

Note that you can also use variable variables:

$objectName = 'myclass2Object';  //case sensitive.

$anotherObject = 'anotherObject';//case sensitive

$functionName = 'adding';

 

$output = $$objectName->{$anotherObject}->{$functionName}();   

 

echo $output; //will output 9 as well

[spires]

Thanks

 

I shall check it out.