Hehe why break your brain- give the class an id property - then you can
have a getid method and do something like this
$id = $this->getid();
$this->fpLog = fopen("$id.log","w+");
get_object_vars only seems to return properties so its not gonna help
you.
I'm currently working on an object thang as well and what ive done where
I have whole bunch of similar objects is to chuck them into a name=value
array as they get created so I can find them and fiddle with them again.
I have no idea if that helps you, or if its even good coding practice
(formal training - wots that?)
hey im also a n00b so don't take my word on it - actual mileage may
vary :-P
Cheers
Will
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marek Kilimajer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 17 September 2002 11:49 AM
> To: PHP
> Subject: Re: [PHP] can you get the name of an object from
> within it's own class?
>
>
> It's not possible, imagine
>
> $firstname = new flashPash();
> $secondname = $firstname;
>
> Now is the log name secondname.log or firstname.log. Use new property.
>
> Simon McKenna wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I'm new to the php world and have just finished building my first
> >class,
> >
> >It works pretty well, but i've run into a quandary adding
> debug code,
> >my problem is thus:
> >
> >Many objects get created by this class, often in the same
> php script,
> >and the debug log is an actual file. At the moment i'm
> naming the file
> >after the name of the class, but what I would really like to
> do is name
> >the log file after the name of the object instantiated from
> the class.
> >e.g.
> >
> >class flashPash {
> >....
> > $this->fpLog = fopen("flashPash.log","w+");
> >....
> > function debugLog($LogMsg) {
> > if (($this->debug == true) && (!empty($this->fpLog)))
> > fwrite($this->fpLog,$LogMsg."\n");
> > }
> >}
> >
> >$fpObject = new flashPash();
> >$fpObject->debug = true;
> >....
> >
> >
> >so...is there a way I can get the variable name "fpObject"
> from within
> >flashPash itself? i.e. so I can make the logfile "fpObject.log"
> >instead of "flashPash.log"
> >
> > I realise it would be trivial to create a new property of
> the class to
> >store the debug log filename, but i'm hoping I can avoid this?
> >
> >"get_object_vars" & "get_class" appear to be heading in the right
> >direction...but not quite...so...any ideas? is this
> actually possible?
> >I kinda want to go down the hierarchical tree, instead of
> going up it
> >:)
> >
> >thanks for any help. php rocks!
> >si
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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