GTK Entry and GTK Notebook

Hi :)

Im trying to get text out of a entry box that is in a GTK Notebook

Usually its just a matter of using $name = $entry->get_text();

however when i try that I am getting an error:  call to undefined 
function get_text()

below is a code snippet:

When I echo $currname it is returning "object" as expected.. but then 
the error comes.. So im not sure what I have done wrong..

Thansk for the help :)

Lorrie

//====================================
function create_it($currname){
echo "debug:$currname";
$name = $currname->get_text();
 echo ":$name:";
}


$window = &new GtkWindow();
$window->set_title("test nookbook");
$window->set_position(GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);
$window->set_default_size((gdk::screen_width()-200), 
(gdk::screen_height()-200));
$window->connect_object('destroy', array('gtk', 'main_quit'));


$box = &new GtkVBox();
$box->show();

$heading = &new GtkLabel("test");
 $box->add($heading);
 $heading->show();

$hbox = &new GtkHBox(true);
$box->add($hbox);
$hbox->show();



$name = &new GtkLabel("NAME:");
$name -> set_justify(GTK_JUSTIFY_RIGHT);
 $hbox->add($name);
 $name->show();

$affname = &new GtkEntry();
$hbox->add($affname);
$affname->show();


      $button = &new GtkButton('Done');
    $button->connect('clicked',create_it,$affname);
    $box->add($button);
    $button->show();


$label1 = &new GtkLabel('main');


$notebook = &new GtkNotebook();
$window->add($notebook);
$notebook->append_page($box, $label1);

$notebook->show();

$window->show_all();

Gtk::main();