Help me with something newbish.

[Procode]

Ok what i want to do is define one variable and use it throughout the whole class and it's functions.
Say it's smarty. How can i do[code]$smarty = new Smarty();[/code] once and use it regulary throughout my functions in the class without having to define it every time in every function?

Example:

Somehow i define smarty and then

[code]class MyClass{
    function MyFunction(){
          $smarty->define('var', $var);
    }
}[/code]

[drifter]

use global, or there is a php.ini setting I believe but I am not a server guy

[ToonMariner]

using define will make a constant which is available anywhere - so you don't need the $smarty->

once you have defined it you can access it anywhere. (good practice to use uppercase for constants - helps you identify them in your code)

[fert]

[code]
class myclass
{
var $variable;

function foo()
{
$this->variable=5;
}

function bar()
{
echo $this->varible;
}
}

$thing=new myclass();
$thing->foo();
$thing->bar();
[/code]
the above code will output: 5

[Procode]

[quote author=ToonMariner link=topic=117925.msg481493#msg481493 date=1165629393]
using define will make a constant which is available anywhere - so you don't need the $smarty->

once you have defined it you can access it anywhere. (good practice to use uppercase for constants - helps you identify them in your code)
[/quote]

Can you give an example please?

Do you mean do this
[code]
$smarty = new Smarty();
DEFINE('SMARTY', $smarty);
[/code]
Then inside a class function i do[code]SMARTY->blah();[/code]
Elaborate a little more please.