#32654 [Opn->Bgs]: Magic __parent property (or method)

[helly]

 ID:               32654
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      bart at mediawave dot nl
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
-Operating System: Any
+Operating System: *
-PHP Version:      5CVS-2005-04-10 (dev)
+PHP Version:      *
 New Comment:

Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

There is no such thing as a parent object. Use 'parent::'<method>'()'
to access methods of the parent.


Previous Comments:
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[2005-04-10 10:14:44] bart at mediawave dot nl

Description:
------------
When writing code with complex object structures I often need a
reference to the parent object. Let's say we have an object "parent"
that has a property which is an object "child":


class parentClass {

  var $child;
  var $dummyVar;

  function __construct() {
    $this->child = new childClass($this);
    $this->dummyVar = 'hello';
  }

}

class childClass {

  var $parent;

  function __construct($parent) {
    $this->parent = $parent;
    echo $this->parent->dummyVar;
  }

}

$example = new parentClass;

// prints: hello


I very often need to create my code like this because I very often need
to be able to have a reference to the parent object of an object. 

Shouldn't PHP have such a reference by default? There could always be a
Magic reference like:

$myParent = $this->__parent;

Or maybe a Magic method:

$myParent = $this->__parent();

This would then always return the parent object or eventually reach the
main script scope.



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