On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:03:56 -0600, Jed R. Brubaker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all! I could use some perspective on a project that I am currently
> working on.
>
> I am trying to utilize OO to make my PHP easier, but I keep running into
> problems that revolve around the stateless nature of the web.
>
> Consider the following: I have a login class that is instantiated at the top
> of every page. It can log you in, check to see if you are logged in, etc.
> This class has an assortment of class variables such as userID, userType,
> etc.
>
> It would be great if I could make a reference to $login->userType on any
> given page, but I run into errors as the login class gets reinstantiated on
> every page.
>
> A solution is to set all of these variables into $_SESSION, but the appeal
> of classes is that I might be able to maintain all of my information in a
> related location, and not in the session.
>
> I am sure that this is a problem that many of you more experienced (than I)
> developers have run into. Is there a solution? And ideas?
>
Instead of re-instantiating the object, store it in the session.
if($loginSuccessful) {
$_SESSION['authObj'] = new AuthObj($loginUsername);
or
$_SESSION['authObj'] =& $existingAuthObj;
}
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