PHP - Checking A User Exists Methods...

Hi,

I'm making a website that uses data stored in SQL.

One of my pages allows the user to enter a new product into a product table. I was wondering if somebody could help me with some validation or Query that will not allow the user to enter a product name that already exists in the table?

Code: [Select]

$nameNew = $_POST['new];
$nameID = $_POST['newID];
$namePrice = $_POST['newPrice];

INSERT INTO products
VALUES ($nameNew, $newID, $newPrice)

$describeQuery = "SELECT ID, Name, Price FROM Products";


$results = sqlsrv_query($conn, $describeQuery);

echo '<table border="1" BORDERCOLOR=Black>';
echo '<tr><th bgcolor = "LightBlue">Name</th><th bgcolor = "LightBlue" >ID</th> <th bgcolor = "LightBlue" >Price</th></tr>';


while($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($results, SQLSRV_FETCH_ASSOC))
  {   
    echo '<tr>';
echo '<td >' .$row['Name'].'</td>';
echo '<td>' .$row['ID'].'</td>';
echo '<td>' .$row['Price'].'</td>';

echo '</tr>';
}

echo '</table>';
sqlsrv_close($conn);


   
Thanks

I have come across couple of similar answers for my question in this form, but could not solve my exact problem. Therefore I am posting this he

I have an xml file as shown below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
    <document>
        <user>
            <user_id>0121</user_id>
            <name>Tim</name>
            <file>0121.file</file>
        </user>

        <user>
            <user_id>0178</user_id>
            <name>Henry</name>
            <file>0178.file</file>
        </user>

        <user>
            <user_id>0786</user_id>
            <name>Martin</name>
            <file>0786.file</file>
        </user>

        <user>
            <user_id>1239</user_id>
            <name>Jan</name>
            <file>1239.file</file>
        </user>
    </document>
I ask the user to input his user_id and post this user_id and perform a check on the entire xml file to check whether the entered user_id exists in the xml file or not. If exists then I go further if not echo a error message. Can anybody pull me out of this?

Thanks

hi, how can i check if a username exists? i tried this 

$usrsql = "SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE username='$username' AND password='$password'";
        $usrres = mysql_query($usrsql);
        $usrcount = mysql_num_rows($usrres);

        if($usrres && mysql_num_rows($usrcount)>0) {

            die("Username is already taken!");
        } 

Hey, so I'm trying to check the database if the user and email already exists when registering.

<?php
include_once('includes/config.php');

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
	$username = $_POST['username'] ? trim($_POST['username']) : null;
	$password = md5($_POST['password']) ? trim($_POST['password']) : null;;
	$email = ($_POST['email']);
	$message = "";

	if(empty($username) || empty($password) || empty($email)) {
		$message = "All fields required";
	} else {
		$sql = "SELECT COUNT(username) AS userNum FROM users WHERE username = :username";
		$sql = "SELECT COUNT(email) AS emailNum FROM users WHERE email = :email";
		$stmt = $db->prepare($sql);

		$stmt->bindValue(':username', $username);
		$stmt->execute();

		$row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

		if($row['userNum'] >0) {
			die("That username already exists!");
		} elseif($row['emailNum'] > 0) {
			die("That email already exists!");
		}

		$sql = "INSERT INTO users (username, password, email) VALUES (:username, :password, :email)";
		$stmt = $db->prepare($sql);

		$stmt->bindValue(':username', $username);
		$stmt->bindValue(':password', $password);
		$stmt->bindValue(':email', $email);

		$result = $stmt->execute();

		if($result) {
			$message = "Registration was successful";
		}

	}
}
?>

If I remove this line "

$sql = "SELECT COUNT(email) AS emailNum FROM users WHERE email = :email";

the code works but only checks the username. How can I check both?

I am trying to check for an admin user to access the admin panel.

I have been playing around try different things and this what I have ended up with

in my database table I have a column called usergroup and i do the follow to check for admin user.

Code: [Select]
$checkAdmin = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM  `users` WHERE email='$email' , usergroup =  'admin'");

$adminUser = mysql_num_rows($checkAdmin);

if ($adminUser == 0)
{
echo count($adminUser);
die ('You do not have permissions to access this area');

}

I do the select statement through phpmyadmin and it comes back with one row. which is basically hat i want to check for. I do have a variable called $email which is getting a value from the email cookie.

currently $adminUser Return a value of 10.

All of the count() functions is for testing purposes only.

Hi i have a simple script that functions perfect and easy but i am looking for a way to secure it a little   is there any way for me to create a simple user checking system ?   i have a mysql db with both usernames and passwords   is there any way to get the username and password from a get comand in the url and check the db to see if they exist and if they do run the rest of my code and if not throw access denied ?   i know this is not 100% secure but i its how i want it to be done   could anyone help me with this ?

This code logs the user in with the correct user_email, user_pwd, and active=1.
A '0' is inserted into the active column of the users table during registration.
I need help checking if active=0 then flash_warning('User account not activated').

login_user.php
Code: [Select]
<?php
 include(MODEL_PATH.'user.php');

 switch ($route['view']){

 case "login_user":
if(login($params['user']['user_email'], $params['user']['user_pwd']))
{
flash_notice('You are logged in!');
redirect_to('');
}
else
{
flash_warning('Username or password is invalid!');
$route['view'] = 'login';
}
 break;
}user.php
Code: [Select]
<?php
 session_start();

 function login($username, $password)
 {
db_connect_posts();

$query = sprintf("SELECT * FROM users
WHERE 
user_email = '%s' AND
user_pwd = '%s' AND 
active = '1'"
, mysql_real_escape_string($username),
md5($password)
);

$result = mysql_query($query);

$number_of_posts = mysql_num_rows($result);

if($number_of_posts == 0)
{
return false;
}

$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);

$_SESSION['user'] = $row;

return true;
 }
?>Login form
Code: [Select]
<form action="<?php echo '/'.APP_ROOT.'/'; ?>sessions/login_user" method="post">
 <fieldset>
  <legend>Login</legend>
  <div>
    <label>E-mail</label>
    <input name="user[user_email]" size="40" type="text" />
  </div>
 
  <div>
    <label>Password</label>
    <input name="user[user_pwd]" size="40" type="password" />
  </div>
  <input type="submit" value="Login" />
 </fieldset>
</form>

I've got a page that allows users to upload a file (pdf, jpg, gif png). The user must be logged in in order to upload something. I have a query that checks if the user has already uploaded a file with the same name as the name of the file they are trying to upload.
If they have not uploaded the file yet, the file uploads and they get a "Success" message. If the file has already been uploaded by the user, they will get the message, "You have already uploaded that file".
When the query goes through, the message that shows is, "You have already uploaded that file". I ensured the file was not already in the database, and it still shows this error. I tried changing the if statement to say:

if ($duplicate==0)

instead of:

if ($duplicate!=0)

but it always shows the same error. Any ideas of what could be wrong with my code?

my sql table looks like:

Field     Type      Null     
id    int(11)    No          
userid    int(11)    No          
artist    varchar(50)    No          
title    varchar(50)    No          
file    varchar(2083)    No          
uploaded    varchar(3)    No          

Code:

<?php
session_start();

if (isset($_SESSION['username'])){

$username = $_SESSION['username'];
$submit = $_POST['submit'];

include_once('inc/connect.php');

$uploadsql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `username`='$username'"); 
$uploadrow = mysql_fetch_assoc($uploadsql); 

$userid = $uploadrow['id']; 
$folder = "sheets/fromusers/";

if (isset($submit)){

// Name of file
$name = $_FILES["location"]["name"];
// Type of file (video/avi) or image/jpg, etc
$type = $_FILES["location"]["type"];
//size of file
$size = $_FILES["location"]["size"];
//stores file in a temporary location
$temp = $_FILES["location"]["tmp_name"];
// if there is an error
$error = $_FILES["location"]["error"];

$artist = strtolower($_POST['artist']);
$title = strtolower($_POST['title']);

// Check if fields are filled in
if($artist&&$title){

if ($error > 0)
{
$sheeterror = "<div id='messageerror'>An error occured. Please try again.</div>";
}
else
{

// Determine the extension of the file
// If file is This File.pdf
// Then $ext is now equal to pdf

$ext = strtolower(substr($name, strrpos($name, '.') + 1)); 

if ($ext=="pdf" || $ext=="gif" || $ext=="jpeg" || $ext=="jpg" || $ext=="png")
{
if ($size <= 26214400) // If size <= 25 megabytes
{
$duplicatecheck = mysql_query("SELECT file FROM upload WHERE id='$userid'");
$duplicate = mysql_num_rows($duplicatecheck);

if ($duplicate!=0){
$sheeterror = "<div id='messageerror'>You have already uploaded this file!</div>";

}
else{
$sheetquery = mysql_query("INSERT INTO upload VALUES ('','$userid','$artist','$title','$name','no')");

move_uploaded_file($temp, $folder.$name);

$success = "<div id='messagesuccess'>Upload Complete!</div><div align='center'>".ucwords($artist)." - ".ucwords($title)."</div>";
}

}
else{
$sheeterror = "<div id='messageerror'>Your sheet must be less than 25 megabytes.</div>";
}
}
else
{
$sheeterror = "<div id='messageerror'>".ucfirst($ext)." files are not allowed!</div>";

}
}
}
else{
$sheeterror = "<div id='messageerror'>Fill In All Fields</div>";
}
}
}
else{
$sheeterror = "<div id='messageerror'>You must be logged in to add sheets!</div>";
}

?>

 <html>
 <head>
 <title>Add Sheet</title>
 <style>
 #container{
width: 350px;
height: 150px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto; 
background-color: #cccccc;
 }
  
 #formhold{
width: 300px;
text-align: right;
margin-right: auto; 
 }
 #messagesuccess{
background-color: #66CD00; 
width: 350px; 
margin-left: auto; 
margin-right: auto;
 }
  #messageerror{
background-color: #ff2211; 
width: 350px; 
margin-left: auto; 
margin-right: auto;
 }
 </style>
 </head>
 <body OnLoad="document.newsheet.artist.focus();">
<?php
include_once('inc/nav.php');
?>
 <center>
 <h1>Add Sheet</h1>
 <br />
 <div id="container">
 <br />
 <div id="formhold">
 <form action="addsheet.php" method="post" name="newsheet" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Artist: <input type="text" name="artist" size="30"><br />
Title: <input type="text" name="title" size="30"><br />
Sheet: <input type="file" name="location" size="17"><br />
 </div>
<center><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"></center>
 </form>
 

 </div>
 <div id="bottomcont">
 <?php echo $success, $sheeterror; ?>
 </div>
 </center>
 </body>
 </html>

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out the best way to determine if a user is currently downloading a file from my website.
The way my site works, is the user waits 30 seconds and views an ad. After the timer is up the download becomes available.
I heard that I could probably use a timestamp or something of the sort. I've read up on it but not sure how I could go about this.

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Below I am checking a user level and if they are  level one they see some of the form, and if level two they see additional options.

What they have already filled out is to show in the text field. Before I was doing the user level check it worked fine. Even now if something is put in a field it saves in the DB but it will not show in the fields on the form.

// Everyone sees
          <tr>
            <td><input name="" type="text" id="" value="<?php echo $row_settings['FieldA']; ?>">
          </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><input name="" type="text" id="" value="<?php echo $row_settings['FieldB']; ?>">
          </tr>
// Check if level two and display if they are.
    <?php }
if (checkUser()) {
?>
        <tr>
            <td><input name="" type="text" id="" value="<?php echo $row_settings['num1']; ?>">
          </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><input name="" type="text" id="" value="<?php echo $row_settings['num2']; ?>">
          </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><input name="" type="text" id="" value="<?php echo $row_settings['num3']; ?>">
          </tr>

     <?php } ?>
// Additional things everyone sees even level one.
        <tr>
            <td><input name="" type="text" id="" value="<?php echo $row_settings['num4']; ?>">
          </tr>
          <tr>

So even <?php echo $row_settings['num4']; ?> will not show/work after the <?php } ?>

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance everyone.

Hey guys and gals!

This is my first post here and needing a bit of help with my php code! So here is the deal, i have 3 tables in ms sql 2000 which i will be using on this project.

i have an employee table that has the regular information such as:

TABLE employee( uniqueid, employee_number, lastname, firstname, dob, address, city, state, zip )

TABLE employee_docs( uniqueid, employee_number, doc_type int, date_received, date_issued, date_expired )

TABLE doc_type(uniqueid, description, valid_month)


so basically from the employee_doc table, the doc_type column is an int and will have the description of the document as well as valid month column which will tell you how long the document type is valid until. the Description gives a brief description of what the product is. The uniqueid is used as what ever number is chose from the employee_docs table will represent the document type from table doc_type.

ok so now that i gave a brief explanation of the tables i am working with, I can tell you what i need.

i need a php page that will display:

employee number, lastname, firstname, doc_type, date_received, date_issued, date_expired.

Code: [Select]
select pn.empnum as employeeid, (pn.lastname + ', ' +  pn.firstname)as [Full Name],
dt.description as doc_type,
formatDate(pd.received) as [Date Received],
formatDate(pd.expired)as [Date Expired],
formatDate(pd.issued) as [Date In Service]

from personnel_document pd
left join document_types dt on (dt.uniqueid = pd.doc_type)
left join personnel pn on (pd.empnum = pn.empnum)

where pd.empnum = '$EmpNum'
now, I went ahead and did this for the html part:
 
Code: [Select]
<table border=0>
           
            <tr>
                    <td height=20px weight=1px valign=bottom><span class=underline>DESCRIPTION</span></td>
                            <td height=20px weight=1px valign=bottom><span class=underline>DATE RECEIVED</span></td>
                            <td height=20px weight=1px valign=bottom><span class=underline>LICENSE NUMBER</span></td>
                    <td height=20px weight=1px valign=bottom><span class=underline>DATE IN SERVICE</span></td>
                            <td height=20px weight=1px valign=bottom><span class=underline>DATE EXPIRED</span></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                            <td height=20px valign=bottom><span class=label_text>PHYSICAL EXAM</span></td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name= phexam_dr id=phexam_dr onBlur= 'formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $phexam_dr;  ?>'>&nbsp;</td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name= phexam_ln id=phexam_ln onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $phexam_ln;                              ?>'>&nbsp;</td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name= phexam_is id=phexam_is onBlur= 'formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $phexam_is;                            ?>'>&nbsp;</td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name= phexam_ex id=phexam_ex onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $phexam_ex;                             ?>'>&nbsp;</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                            <td height=20px valign=bottom><span class=label_text>PROFESSIONAL LICENSE</span></td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name= prolic_dr id=prolic_dr onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $prolic_dr;                            ?>'>&nbsp;</td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name= prolic_ln id=prolic_ln onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $prolic_ln;                            ?>'>&nbsp;</td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name= prolic_is id=prolic_is onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $prolic_is;                            ?>'>&nbsp;</td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name= prolic_ex id=prolic_ex onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $prolic_ex;                              ?>'>&nbsp;</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                            <td height=20px valign=bottom><span class=label_text>PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE</span></td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name= proins_dr id=proins_dr onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $proins_dr;                            ?>'>&nbsp;</td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name= proins_ln id=proins_ln onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $proins_ln;      ?>'>&nbsp;</td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name= proins_is id=proins_is onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $proins_is;   ?>'>&nbsp;</td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name= proins_ex id=proins_ex onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $proins_ex;   ?>'>&nbsp;</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                            <td height=20px valign=bottom><span class=label_text>DRIVER'S LICENSE</span></td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name=dl_dr id=dl_dr onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $dl_dr; ?>'>&nbsp;
                            </td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name=dl_ln id=dl_ln onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $dl_ln; ?>'>&nbsp;
                            </td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name=dl_is id=dl_is onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $dl_is; ?>'>&nbsp;
                            </td>
                            <td valign=top><input class=demog_box type=text size=10 name=dl_ex id=dl_ex onBlur='formatDate(this)' value='<?php echo $dl_ex; ?>'>&nbsp;
                            </td>
    </tr>
                    <tr>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>

</table>

I am now doing the the sql statement to insert into my db but i am stuck.
i basically want to get the information that the user enters for each field and save it on the employees profile.

$querydoc = "update    personnel_document
                      set empnum = '$EmpNum' , doc_type = ???, date_received = ????, date_expired = ????, date issued = ???
         where empnum = '$EmpNum' ";

The problem is that since each description has a different variable im not sure how to update it.... would I have to create a new update for each description? also I hard coded the name of each description but i believe it is better if i echo the description name from the db as i cant use taht as the doc_type... i am pretty confused, if anyone has a better way of doing this i would really appreciate it!

eventually i also want to make sure that the description is expired to to with the fields I have there and promp the user of something that is expired. Once again, any help given is much appreciated!!!

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I'm trying to set up a multipage registration script. It's tuff! I've set up some basic scripts to distribute variables into the correct tables from previous forms using a session. But I want the script to check the input from form one is valid before it moves on to form 2.

Here are my scripts:
form 1:

<html>
 <head>
  <title>Register</title>
  <style type="text/css">
   td { vertical-align: top; }
  </style>
 </head>
 <body>
  <form action="form2.php" method="post">
   <table>
    <tr>
     <td><label for="name">Username:</label></td>
     <td><input type="text" name="name" id="name" size="20"
       maxlength="20" value=""/></td>
    </tr><tr>
     <td><label for="password">Password:</label></td>
     <td><input type="password" name="password" id="password" size="20"
       maxlength="20" value=""/></td>
    </tr><tr>    
     <td><label for="first_name">First name:</label></td>
     <td><input type="text" name="first_name" id="first_name" size="20"
       maxlength="20" value=""/></td>
    </tr><tr>
     <td><label for="last_name">Last name:</label></td>
     <td><input type="text" name="last_name" id="last_name" size="20"
       maxlength="20" value=""/></td>
    </tr><tr>
     <td><label for="email">Email:</label></td>
     <td><input type="text" name="email" id="email" size="20" maxlength="50"
       value=""/></td>
    </tr><tr>
     <td><label for="address">Address:</label></td>
     <td><input type="text" name="address" id="address" size="20" maxlength="20"
       value=""/></td>
    </tr><tr>
     <td><label for="city">City/Town:</label></td>
     <td><input type="text" name="city" id="city" size="20" maxlength="20"
       value=""/></td>
    </tr><tr>
 <td><label for="county">County:</label></td>
     <td><input type="text" name="county" id="county" size="20" maxlength="20"
       value=""/></td>
    </tr><tr>
 <td><label for="post">Postcode:</label></td>
     <td><input type="text" name="post" id="post" size="20" maxlength="20"
       value=""/></td>
    </tr><tr>
 <td><label for="home">Home Number:</label></td>
     <td><input type="text" name="home" id="home" size="20" maxlength="20"
       value=""/></td>
    </tr><tr>
 <td><label for="mobile">Mobile:</label></td>
     <td><input type="text" name="mobile" id="mobile" size="20" maxlength="20"
       value=""/></td>
    </tr><tr>
     <td> </td>
     <td><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Sumbit"/></td>
    </tr>
   </table>
  </form>
 </body>
</html>


Form 2:

<?php

//let's start the session
session_start();

//now, let's register our session variables
session_register('name');
session_register('password');
session_register('first_name');
session_register('last_name');
session_register('email');
session_register('address');
session_register('city');
session_register('county');
session_register('post');
session_register('home');
session_register('mobile');

//finally, let's store our posted values in the session variables
$_SESSION['name'] = $_POST['name'];
$_SESSION['password'] = $_POST['password'];
$_SESSION['first_name'] = $_POST['first_name'];
$_SESSION['last_name'] = $_POST['last_name'];
$_SESSION['email'] = $_POST['email'];
$_SESSION['address'] = $_POST['address'];
$_SESSION['city'] = $_POST['city'];
$_SESSION['county'] = $_POST['county'];
$_SESSION['post'] = $_POST['post'];
$_SESSION['home'] = $_POST['home'];
$_SESSION['mobile'] = $_POST['mobile'];

?>

<html>
 <head>
  <title>Register</title>
  <style type="text/css">
   td { vertical-align: top; }
  </style>
 </head>
 <body>
  <form action="form3.php" method="post">
   <table>
    <tr>
     <td><label for="bio">Biography:</label></td>
     <td><input type="text" name="bio" id="bio" size="400"
       maxlength="500" value=""/></td>
    </tr><tr>    
     <td> </td>
     <td><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Sumbit"/></td>
    </tr>
   </table>
  </form>
 </body>
</html>



I've also got form3.php and process_forms.php(that's where I mysql_real_escape_string and input the data) but that's probably not relevant. How would I get this to work? Are there any sites I should look at that you'd recommend? Any help appreciated.

Well the title may seem a bit confusing, but heres an example:

Code: [Select]
<?php
class User{
   public $uid;
   public $username;
   protected $password;
   protected $email;
   public $usergroup;
   public $profile;
   

  public function __construct($id){
      // constructor code inside
  }

  public function getemail(){
      return $this->email;
  } 
   
  public function getusergroup(){
      return $this->usergroup;
  }

  public function getprofile(){
      $this->profile = new UserProfile($this->uid);
  }
}

class UserProfile(){
   protected $avatar;
   protected $bio;
   protected $gender;
   protected $favcolor;
   

  public function __construct($id){
      // constructor code inside
  }

  public function formatavatar(){
      // avatar formatting code inside
  }

  public function formatusername(){
      // format username?
  } 
}
?>

As you can see, the User class(an outer class) has a property called Profile, which can be instantiated as a UserProfile object(an inner class). The two objects have distinct functionalities, but there are times when the UserProfile object needs to access property and methods from the user object. I know its easy for outer class to access methods from inner class by using the single arrow access operator twice, but how about the other way around?

Lets say from the above example the userprofile can format the username displayed to the screen by adding a sun to the left of the username if the usergroup is admin, a moon if the usergroup is mod, and nothing if its just a member. The usergroup property is stored in the outer class, and can be accessed with this $user->getusergroup() method only. I know I can always do the hard way by passing a user object to the method's argument, but is there an easier way for the inner class UserProfile to access properties/methods for outerclass User? If so, how can I achieve that?

hey guys im wdondering if there's a magic method which works like  

__GET()

    but allows you to put a parameter in...thank you

<?php

class test
{
      public function run()
      {
              $this->object->('string');
              // __get with parameter?
       }

       public function __get($value)
       {
              return $this->{$value}
       }
}

?>