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Andrew Hawes
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Andrew Hawes
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Andrew Hawes
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Referencing PHP class variables without $this?

I was wondering if anyone had a practical way of referencing PHP class variables inside class methods without using $this. For now, (when I only need to read variables) I've just been either redeclaring the variable inside a method ($variable = $this->variable) or passing it through as an argument.

Is there some kind of way I can at least declare the variables' scope in a similar way that one does when using global variables? (global $var1, $var2, etc.)

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Petros Sordinas
Petros Sordinas
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Petros Sordinas
Petros Sordinas
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Andrew,

Php class properties can only be referenced by $this->propertyName or static::propertyName (if declared as static).

Other than writing getter and setter methods, I can't think of another way to reference your properties.

Why are you troubled by this anyway?

Andrew Hawes
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Thanks for the reply. That's what I was afraid of. I suppose I don't have any practical reason for it to bother me other than that I dislike having to type $this-> before everything. It should be unnecessary and just makes for more to read and write.