Why does my class require the public accessor for my member?

[jmDesktop]

Consider:
<?php

echo "start";

class myClass
{

public $connection;

function getme()
{
$this->connection = "test";
return $this->connection;

}

}

$database = new myClass();
$mytest = $database->getme();
echo $mytest;
echo "done";

?>

If I remove the "public $connection" above and have it just as
"$connectio n," I get nothing. Nothing loads, not start, done,
nothing, no html tags, no errors, nada. Make me thinks it's an error,
but when I use error_reporting , I get nothing also. If I put the
public modifier back in I get the results. I thought I could make
$connection private and access it from my accessor, getme().

What am I doing wrong? And, why doesn't php complain if I did my
class wrong? Thank you.

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(Jerry Stuckle)

>Micha, he gets a syntax error but doesn't have display_errors enabled.

I just didn't understand what he meant with

| If I remove the "public $connection" above and have it just as
| "$connectio n," I get nothing.

But I got it now.

Micha

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(Jerry Stuckle)

>First of all, display_errors= "stdout" is invalid. It is either
display_errors =on or display_errors= off

As of PHP 5.2.4 this directive is of type string and allows the values
"stderr" and "stdout". Before it was a boolean.

I didn't knew that either ...

Micha

[jmDesktop]

On Sep 16, 12:45*pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attg lobal.netwrote:

jmDesktop wrote:

On Sep 16, 11:47 am, Curtis <dye...@gmail.c omwrote:

jmDesktop wrote:
Consider:
<?php
echo "start";
class myClass
{
* *public $connection;
* *function getme()
* *{
* * *$this->connection = "test";
* * *return $this->connection;
* *}
}
$database = new myClass();
$mytest = $database->getme();
echo $mytest;
echo "done";
?>
If I remove the "public $connection" above and have it just as
"$connection ," I get nothing. *Nothing loads, not start, done,
nothing, no html tags, no errors, nada. *Make me thinks it's an error,
but when I use error_reporting , I get nothing also. *If I put the
public modifier back in I get the results. *I thought I could make
$connection private and access it from my accessor, getme().
What am I doing wrong? *And, why doesn't php complain if I did my
class wrong? *Thank you.
As Jerry has explained, it's not "display_er rors on", it's

display_errors = On

Also, if you want to make class members private, use the "private"
keyword. Within a class definition, you have to precede property
declarations with a visibility keyword, or "var", which is equivalent
to "public", and exists for compatibility with PHP4. All of this info
is readily available in the PHP docs:

<URL:http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.v isibility.php>

Example:

class Foo {
* * private $bar;
* * function getBar() {
* * * *return $this->bar;
* * }

}

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Thanks. I left out the equals, but I have changed it to this:
; To output errors to STDERR with CGI/CLI:
;display_errors = "stderr"
;
; Default
;
display_errors = "stdout"
and have tried

display_errors = On

(no quotes)

but I never get the errors. *Don't know why. *I have restarted the
httpd server after making the change. *Maybe IIS doesn't like it.
It's probably me.

First of all, display_errors= "stdout" is invalid. *It is either
display_errors= on or display_errors= off

Second of all, ensure you're changing the correct php.ini. *phpinfo()
will show you which php.ini you're actually using, and the status of
display_errors.

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You were correct. I was not using right php.ini. Sorry for bothering
everyone. Thank you for your help.

[Jerry Stuckle]

Michael Fesser wrote:

.oO(Jerry Stuckle)

>First of all, display_errors= "stdout" is invalid. It is either
display_errors =on or display_errors= off

As of PHP 5.2.4 this directive is of type string and allows the values
"stderr" and "stdout". Before it was a boolean.

I didn't knew that either ...

Micha

Interesting. Not much of a note in the doc, is there?

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[Jerry Stuckle]

jmDesktop wrote:

On Sep 16, 12:45 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attg lobal.netwrote:

>jmDesktop wrote:

>>On Sep 16, 11:47 am, Curtis <dye...@gmail.c omwrote:
jmDesktop wrote:
Consider:
<?php
echo "start";
class myClass
{
public $connection;
function getme()
{
$this->connection = "test";
return $this->connection;
}
}
$database = new myClass();
$mytest = $database->getme();
echo $mytest;
echo "done";
?>
If I remove the "public $connection" above and have it just as
"$connectio n," I get nothing. Nothing loads, not start, done,
nothing, no html tags, no errors, nada. Make me thinks it's an error,
but when I use error_reporting , I get nothing also. If I put the
public modifier back in I get the results. I thought I could make
$connecti on private and access it from my accessor, getme().
What am I doing wrong? And, why doesn't php complain if I did my
class wrong? Thank you.
As Jerry has explained, it's not "display_er rors on", it's
display_erro rs = On
Also, if you want to make class members private, use the "private"
keyword. Within a class definition, you have to precede property
declaratio ns with a visibility keyword, or "var", which is equivalent
to "public", and exists for compatibility with PHP4. All of this info
is readily available in the PHP docs:
<URL:http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.v isibility.php>
Example:
class Foo {
private $bar;
function getBar() {
return $this->bar;
}
}
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Thanks. I left out the equals, but I have changed it to this:
; To output errors to STDERR with CGI/CLI:
;display_erro rs = "stderr"
;
; Default
;
display_error s = "stdout"
and have tried
display_error s = On
(no quotes)
but I never get the errors. Don't know why. I have restarted the
httpd server after making the change. Maybe IIS doesn't like it.
It's probably me.

First of all, display_errors= "stdout" is invalid. It is either
display_errors =on or display_errors= off

Second of all, ensure you're changing the correct php.ini. phpinfo()
will show you which php.ini you're actually using, and the status of
display_errors .

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You were correct. I was not using right php.ini. Sorry for bothering
everyone. Thank you for your help.

No trouble - it's a common problem in this newsgroup :-)

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[Michael Fesser]

..oO(Jerry Stuckle)

>Michael Fesser wrote:

>.oO(Jerry Stuckle)

>>First of all, display_errors= "stdout" is invalid. It is either
display_error s=on or display_errors= off

As of PHP 5.2.4 this directive is of type string and allows the values
"stderr" and "stdout". Before it was a boolean.

I didn't knew that either ...

Micha

Interesting. Not much of a note in the doc, is there?

http://www.php.net/manual/en/errorfu...display-errors

Micha