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totoaussi
totoaussi

Reputation: 741

How can I call a method in another method in the same class?

I wonder if it is possible to call a method from another method inside the same class?

For exemple this code, very simple have a method method_foo() which calls the method a():

<?php

    class foo {

        function a() {
            return 3;
        }

        function method_foo() {
            echo a();
        }
    }

    $obj = new foo();
    $obj->method_foo();

?>

But when I call method_foo(), I'm receiving this error:

( ! ) Fatal error: Call to undefined function a() in /home/guest/public_html/... on line ... Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location 1 0.0015 312032 {main}( ) ../index.html:0 2 0.0156 523056 foo->method_foo( ) ../index.html:1667

Why do I get this error? Can I make this example work?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5375

Answers (3)

Rex Rex
Rex Rex

Reputation: 1030

You can use $this to call same class methods/variables

 function method_foo()
 {
    echo $this->a();
 }

Upvotes: 1

Alexandru
Alexandru

Reputation: 117

You should call method a() inside function method_foo() like this :

echo $this->a(); //this will output 3

You can read more about this at : http://php.net/manual/en/ref.classobj.php .

Upvotes: 1

Muhammad Ahmed
Muhammad Ahmed

Reputation: 481

You need yo use $this to access this method.

class foo {

    function a()
    {
        return 3;
    }

    function __construct()
    {

    }

    function method_foo()
    {
        echo $this->a();
    }
}

$obj = new foo();
$obj->method_foo();

Upvotes: 3

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