Re: Getters in PHP

[Scott <scottgcampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,

Getters really only make sense in relation to an object, as you are 
getting (retrieving) a property of that object.  So if you aren't using 
objects then I wouldn't say you would use getters.  If you can post your 
code, or portions of it, then everyone would have a better idea of 
exactly what you are trying to achieve and how it might be 
refactored/improved, or how we can improve our code by copying yours.

Scott

<?php

class myObj
{
    private $x;
    private $y;

   public function getX()
    {
        if (isset($this->x))
        {
            return $this->x;
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

   public function setX($newX)
    {
        $this->x = $newX;
    }

   public function checkStat()
    {
        // Call another function to run SQL  which and set x
        // Check X and return the value
        return $this->getX();
    }

}

?>
On 09/06/2010 7:53 AM, Michael Ryan wrote:
> So I understand the concept of a getter, but I'm wondering how to implement
> it in PHP. I currently have a status display where I use SQL to access the
> i, retrieve a value, and then display a good or bad indication based on the
> value. I have several SQL statement groups to do this. Should I have a
> section of my PHP code where I get all these different values, and then a
> section where I incorporate those values (stored in variables obviously) in
> my HTML? What would the HTML look like?
>
> Thanks!
>