Question

I have created a class in a php file in the following way:

class thingy {
    ...
    var $property;
    ...
}

Once the class is created (in a separate file which I’m including) I do the following:

$mything = new thingy();

$mything->$property = 5;

(this is an example with modified var and property names, but it’s the same code except those names, and the fact that I’m only showing one property here.)

I get the following output when displaying the page, and it’s not loading anymore (the header and footer are not showing, just a weird output).

I get something like this whenever I load the page:

‹$A Ã0ï}…^ÐÐKÁøè+t‘ †D²ŠéïÓÓ³›ŠÃ’©ä7Àîêi)yØID¨Vîø²ø‚¹û Mà–ö ]†c$³Þ‚g"Õh*•>q<í°9 *p6á)¾ÖuVéÿÿÿ»-¶†

When I remove the line where I’m trying to set a property, my page loads alright. I’m stuck.

Answer 1

$mything->property = 5;

You don’t need the second ‘$’. That is trying to set a variable whose name is the value of $property.