Question

I have an array of objects and I am trying to reference the name of the object inside of the object. An example would look something like:

private 'inputs' => 
 array
  'displayName' => 
    object(Input)[2]
      private 'field' => string 'test' (length=17)
      private 'rules' => string 'test' (length=23)
  'inputTwo' => 
    object(Input)[3]
      private 'field' => string 'test' (length=17)
      private 'rules' => string 'test' (length=23)

and reference the ‘disaplyName’ inside object operations.

Answer 1

Then add a displayName property to the object and set a name to it. Making something outside the object part of the required working of the object is somewhere between bad design and not possible. $inputs['displayName'] is a variable that holds the object, you can’t really create a circular dependency between the object and the variable that holds the object.

Unless I totally misunderstood what you’re asking, in which case: please clarify what you want to do.