Question

I was wondering why my php program is not returning the correct TRUE FALSE value when the class is included elsewhere

it goes something like this

source: signup.php

class signup
{
    function buildProfile()
    {
        if($logic){
            $this->success = TRUE;
        }else{
           $this->success = FALSE;
        }
    }
    function __construct()
    {
        $this->success = NULL;
        $this->buildProfile
        return $this->success;
    }
}

and elsewhere I do

include('signup.php');

$signup = new signup();

if($signup){
    successFunction();
}else....

but it’s not getting $signup == true, it’s getting FALSE every time

Answer 1

Constructors always return a new instance of the class. You cannot return any other type of value from a constructor. A better way to structure your code would be something like:

source: signup.php

class Signup
{
    public $success;
    protected function buildProfile()
    {
        if($logic){
            $this->success = true;
        }else{
            $this->success = false;
        }
    }
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->success = null;
        $this->buildProfile();
    }
}

Then when you construct the object you could do:

include('signup.php');

$signup = new Signup();

if($signup->success){
    successFunction();
}else....