Question

I tried this and I get an error when I try to instantiate class “first” inside of class “second”.

The commented sections inside of class “second” cause errors.

class first {
    public $a;

    function __construct() {
        $this->a = 'a';
    }
}

class second {
    //$fst = new first();
    //public showfirst() {
        //$firsta = $this->first->a;
    //  echo "Here is first \$a: " . $firsta;
    //}
}

EDIT:

This results in a server error even though all I have in class “second” is the instantiation of class “first”.

class second {
    $fst = new first();
    //public showfirsta() {
    //  $firsta = $this->fst->a;
    //  echo "Here is first \$a: " . $firsta;
    //}
}

Answer 1

try this:

class First {
    public $a;

    public function __construct() {
        $this->a = 'a';
    }

    public function getA() {
      return $this->a;
    }
}

    class Second {
        protected $fst;
        public function __construct() {
          $this->fst = new First();
        }

        public function showfirst() {
           $firsta = $this->fst->getA();
           echo "Here is first {$firsta}";
        }
    }

    $test = new Second();
    $test->showfirst();