Question

I have code that follows this structure:

class someClass
{
    private static $pay = 0;

    //something like this...
    public static function run()
    {
        if ($_SESSION['title']== "whatever" and $_SESSION['rank'] == "1")
        {
            self::$pay = 50000;
        }
    }

    public static function benefits()
    {
        self::$pay = 50000 * 1.30;
        benefits = self:$pay;
        echo benefits;
    }
}

Then I try calling benefits like this…

someClass::benefits();

But it’s always set to zero. It never changes when the condition from the if statement is met.

Is there something I am doing here that is obviously wrong? I am not getting any errors.

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

Try the below code:

<?php
class someClass
{
    private static $pay = 0;

    //something like this...
    public static function run()
    {
        if ($_SESSION['title']== "whatever" and $_SESSION['rank'] == "1")
        {
            self::$pay = 50000;
        }
    }

    public static function benefits()
    {
        self::$pay = 50000 * 1.30;
        $benefits = self::$pay;
        return $benefits;
    }
}

echo someClass::benefits();
?>