BlazingWolf

Having a wierd problem with a class i'm trying to write

[PHP]
public static function getID($username)
{
$username = $this->db->escape($username);//this line erros
$sql = "SELECT u_id FROM ".$this->settings['users_table']."WHERE "
.$this->settings['username_col']."='".$username."'";
$res = $this->db->query($sql);
$res = $this->db->fetchArray($res);
$id = $res['u_id'];
return $id;
}
[/PHP]

The error message "Using $this when not in object context". Not really sure what I'm doing wrong, and I used the same line in other lines and it does not error.

Thanks

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BlazingWolf

demon101

[PHP] $sql = "SELECT u_id FROM ".$this->settings['users_table']."WHERE ";[/PHP]

shouldnt that code be like that.

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coldDeath

I don't think so, as he is connecting it to the string below that line with the "." operator.

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BlazingWolf

The onlt thing that is wrong with that line is there needs to be a space between the " and the W in where.

The problem was because the method is static it has no instance, I wasn't aware things worked like that mabey it is a wrinkle in PHP's OOP model.

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BlazingWolf

DaWei

Static methods don't have instances; that's why they're made static - share and share alike.

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