Problem with Fatal error: Cannot re-assign $this (php4 -> php5 issue)

[progwihz@yahoo.com]

Hi all, am running a code created with php4 on a php5 engine and I am running into problems with the $this . In php4 its a variable and in php5 its a ref to a class object (if am right)

 

I get the following error in a class "Fatal error: Cannot re-assign $this in {path}" which is caused by this line "$this = new $db( $serv, $user, $pass, $dbName );"

 

How can i resolve this ?  am thinking of renaming $this to something like $this_var but then this is likely not to work.

 

Cheers

 

olu.

[Wes1890]

Try

 

$this = new db( $serv, $user, $pass, $dbName );

[wildteen88]

The variable $this is registered variable, You cannot create a variable called $this as it is used by PHP. You'll have to change your variable to something else, say $_this or $This