Merlin,
if you are using php5 the var keyword is no longer valid; that was used in
classes in php4.
if you want to structure your classes properly you need to study PPP
(public, private, protected) access modifiers.
typically member variables are declared to be private or protected, if there
will be child
objects that will access them directly. to provide access to said member
variables
creates public method. public methods are visible to external code and have
access to the
private members, be they variables or methods.
-nathan
On 9/29/07, Merlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am new to PHP classes and I do want to access a variable outside the
> class, but somehow that does not work. global also does not have any
> effect.
>
> In the following example I would like to be able to access $dbh from
> inside the class like I did in that example. This does not work. Can
> somebody please give me a hint on the right syntax?
>
> $dbh = 'test';
>
> class search_helper extends AjaxACApplication
> {
> /**
> * Database connection details
> */
>
> var $db_hostname = $dbh;
>
> Thank you for any help,
>
> Merlin
>
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