On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:14:08 -0600, Jed R. Brubaker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all. As the subject suggests, I am using PHP4 and am having something
> going on that I don't think should be.
> 
> Presume the following code
> class Foo {
>     function Foo () {
>         return "Bar";

You shouldn't be returning from a constructor.

>     }
> }
> $foo = new Foo;
> echo $foo;

It's generally bad prcative to echo anything other than scalar types
(strings and numbers). Try using print_r() or var_dump() instead.

> 
> $foo comes out as an object. Does this have to be done in two line like
> this?:
> class Foo {
>     function bar () {
>         return "Bar";
>     }
> }
> $foo = new Foo;
> $bar = $foo->bar;

Yes, this has to be two lines. I'm not sure how you'd want to put this
as one. In addition, you should have parenthesis on your funciton
call:

$bar = $foo->bar();

> 
> Or is there a better design approach I should be reminded of or learn?
> 

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