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[Flavio daCosta]

On 05/31/2005 11:43 AM, Dan Cech wrote:
> class mysub extends mysuper
> 
> The $this reference in mysuper::hello() should reference the $mysub
> object, which it does.  I would guess that the behavior you're seeing is
> that same mechanism in effect.

Thanks for you answer Dan.

I can grasp your example better because of the extends keyword.  It just
seems strange to me to be able to access the properties of a class  via
the $this operator within a totally separate class that has no
_relationship_.


After reading the comments in the aforementioned article, there is a bit
of an explanation.  It still just doesn't seem _right_ to me.

<snip>
The reason why it works is because we call the method display() in the
debug class without instantiating Debug as an object.
The $this variable now refers to the SomeClass object, not an instance
of the Debug object.
</snip>

This suggests that whenever you call a function/static method, the
current class is being passed to that function (and may be accessed via
the $this keyword)...

Hmm, sounds like I need to do some testing with private variables...

Thanks,
Flavio