Re: [PHP] Class Auto-Assigning to Variable

On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 13:11 -0600, Brian Smither wrote:

> Second go around:
> 
> I have a situation where, for some unknown reason, where each class that finishes its __contruct{} function, that class gets automatically assigned to a variable - other than the variable I specify.
> 
> Conceptually (a little bit better on the conceptualizing):
> 
> class Hello {
> private $_world = 'World';
> function __construct(){}
> }
> 
> $clsHello = new Hello();
> 
> echo 'The variable $hello is '.gettype($hello)."\n".print_r($hello,true);
> 
> Output:
> The variable $hello is object
> Hello Object
> (
>     [_world:Hello:private] => World
> )
> 
> There is no statement in my application that assigns an instance of the class to another variable, the name being a lowercase variant of the class name.
> 
> Would there be a PHP function that would do this as a side-effect?
> 
> I am more interested in learning what is happening as opposed to rolling back to a previous version. (A backup copy functions fine. A file compare does not reveal any likely suspects.)
> 
> PHP5.4.17-NTS-VC9 (Windows XP-SP3)
> 
> 
> 
> 


I cannot replicate this. That code you supplied correctly gives a notice
warning about an undefined variable '$hello'. Are you sure that that
simple code excerpt is giving you the problem you describe and there's
not more to the whole thing, more code, etc?

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk