Can you ECHO object attributes?

[adamcannon]

I receive the error "Catchable fatal error: Object of class Car could not be converted to string" whenever I try to echo one of its attributes.  For example:

 

$car = new car();
echo $car->model;

 

model is a public attribute so is this error normal?  I'm trying to avoid writing a display function or passing the attribute's value to a local variable.  Thanks for reading.

[per1os]

What is the class code?

[adamcannon]

Hi frost.  I don't think it matters.

 

The class could be:

 

class Car
{
     public $model = "ford";
}

[per1os]

Could be huh, where is the constructor. Are you using PHP4 or PHP5 ?

 

In order for a class to be initiated a constructor must be set, do not hold me to that but that is the general rule of thumb.

 

class Car {
      var $model = "";

      function Car() {
            $this->model = 'Ford';
      }
}

 

The above will work with PHP 4.

[adamcannon]

I'm using PHP 5.  You can create classes without a constructor.  Anyhoo, I found the problem.  It appears you CAN use echo as long as the object's attribute isn't in quotations.