PHP - Return Variables

I'm not versed in PHP OOP and I have some code that I need to echo out onto a page. I don't know what the meaning of $ct->something is in this code. Is this an array of some type? How do I echo out the $ct->title onto another page? Use a function call? I just don't know what all of the $ct variables are and how to get to them. Any help is appreciated.
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function current_theme_info() {
    $themes = get_themes();
    $current_theme = get_current_theme();
    if ( ! isset( $themes[$current_theme] ) ) {
        delete_option( 'current_theme' );
        $current_theme = get_current_theme();
    }
    $ct->name = $current_theme;
    $ct->title = $themes[$current_theme]['Title'];
    $ct->version = $themes[$current_theme]['Version'];
    $ct->parent_theme = $themes[$current_theme]['Parent Theme'];
    $ct->template_dir = $themes[$current_theme]['Template Dir'];
    $ct->stylesheet_dir = $themes[$current_theme]['Stylesheet Dir'];
    $ct->template = $themes[$current_theme]['Template'];
    $ct->stylesheet = $themes[$current_theme]['Stylesheet'];
    $ct->screenshot = $themes[$current_theme]['Screenshot'];
    $ct->description = $themes[$current_theme]['Description'];
    $ct->author = $themes[$current_theme]['Author'];
    $ct->tags = $themes[$current_theme]['Tags'];
    $ct->theme_root = $themes[$current_theme]['Theme Root'];
    $ct->theme_root_uri = $themes[$current_theme]['Theme Root URI'];
    return $ct;
}

All my code is returning is the username... Please help.   index.php

<?php

include('user.class');
$user = new user("Jbonnett", "0", "Admin", "Jamie", "Bonnett", "jbonnett@site.co.uk", "01/09/1992");

echo "username: " . $user->getUsername() . "<br/>";
echo "id: " . $user->getId() . "<br/>";
echo "level: " . $user->getLevel() . "<br/>";
echo "Forename: " . $user->getForename() . "<br/>";
echo "Surname: " . $user->getSurname() . "<br/>";
echo "Email: " . $user->getEmail() . "<br/>";
echo "Dob: " . $user->getDob() . "<br/>";


?> 

user.class 

<?php

class user {
	
	private $username;
	private $id;
	private $level;
	private $forename;
	private $surname;
	private $email;
	private $dob;
	
	public function user($username, $id, $level, $forname, $surname, $email, $dob) {
		$this->setUsername($username);
		$this->setId($id);
		$this->setLevel($level);
		$this->setForename($forename);
		$this->setSurname($surname);
		$this->setEmail($email);
		$this->setDob($dob);
	}
	
	public function destroy() {
		unset($this->username);
		unset($this->id);	
		unset($this->level);	
		unset($this->forename);	
		unset($this->surname);	
		unset($this->uemail);
		unset($this->dob);		
	}
	
	public function setUsername($username) {
		$this->username = $username;
	}
	
	public function getUsername() {
		return $this->username;
	}
	
	public function setId($id) {
		$this->id = $id;
	}
	
	public function getId() {
		return $this->$id;
	}
	
	public function setLevel($level) {
		$this->level = $level;
	}
	
	public function getLevel() {
		return $this->level;
	}
	
	public function setForename($forename) {
		$this->foreName = $forename;
	}
	
	public function getForename() {
		return $this->forename;
	}
	
	public function setSurname($surname) {
		$this->surName = $surname;
	}
	
	public function getSurname() {
		return $this->surname;
	}
	
	public function setEmail($email) {
		$this->email = $email;
	}
	
	public function getEmail() {
		return $this->email;
	}
	
	public function setDob($dob) {
		$this->dob = $dob;
	}
	
	public function getDob() {
		return $this->dob;
	}
	
};

?>

does anyone know how to decode this XML variable value into string values? I also need to know the oposite way: creating variable values into xml. I've tried several code examples but they did filter the requested data.

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$xml='<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<elements>
<text identifier="ed9cdd4c-ae8b-4ecb-bca7-e12a5153bc02">
  <value/>
</text>
<textarea identifier="a77f06fc-1561-453c-a429-8dd05cdc29f5">
  <value><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</p>]]></value>
</textarea>
<textarea identifier="1a85a7a6-2aba-4480-925b-6b97d311ee6c">
  <value><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy  eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed  diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum.  Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor  sit amet.</p>]]></value>
</textarea>
<image identifier="ffcc1c50-8dbd-4115-b463-b43bdcd44a57">
  <file><![CDATA[images/stories/red/cars/autobedrijf.png]]></file>
  <title/>
  <link/>
  <target/>
  <rel/>
  <lightbox_image/>
  <width><![CDATA[250]]></width>
  <height><![CDATA[187]]></height>
</image>
<text identifier="4339a108-f907-4661-9aab-d6f3f00e736e">
  <value><![CDATA[Kramer 5]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="ea0666d7-51e3-4e52-8617-25e3ad61f8b8">
  <value><![CDATA[6000 RS]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="90a18889-884b-4d53-a302-4e6e4595efa0">
  <value><![CDATA[Eindhoven]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="410d72e0-29b3-4a92-b7d7-f01e828b1586">
  <value><![CDATA[APK Pick up and return]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="45b86f23-e656-4a81-bb8f-84e5ea76f71f">
  <value><![CDATA[15% korting op grote beurt]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="3dbbe1c6-15d6-4375-9f2f-f0e7287e29f3">
  <value><![CDATA[Gratis opslag zomerbanden]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="2e878db0-605d-4d58-9806-8e75bced67a4">
  <value><![CDATA[Gratis abonnement of grote beurt]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="94e3e08f-e008-487b-9cbd-25d108a9705e">
  <value/>
</text>
<text identifier="73e74b73-f509-4de7-91cf-e919d14bdb0b">
  <value/>
</text>
<text identifier="b870164b-fe78-45b0-b840-8ebceb9b9cb6">
  <value><![CDATA[040 123 45 67]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="8a91aab2-7862-4a04-bd28-07f1ff4acce5">
  <value/>
</text>
<email identifier="3f15b5e4-0dea-4114-a870-1106b85248de">
  <value/>
  <text/>
  <subject/>
  <body/>
</email>
<link identifier="0b3d983e-b2fa-4728-afa0-a0b640fa34dc">
  <value/>
  <text/>
  <target/>
  <custom_title/>
  <rel/>
</link>
<relateditems identifier="7056f1d2-5253-40b6-8efd-d289b10a8c69"/>
<rating identifier="cf6dd846-5774-47aa-8ca7-c1623c06e130">
  <votes><![CDATA[1]]></votes>
  <value><![CDATA[1.0000]]></value>
</rating>
<googlemaps identifier="160bd40a-3e0e-48de-b6cd-56cdcc9db892">
  <location><![CDATA[50.895711,5.955427]]></location>
</googlemaps>
</elements>';

Hi. I have some code which needs to return a single variable from the function and stored as a variable within this page, so it can be echoed later on in the page. I couldn't get it to return as a variable, so i used "return compact();" to return the variable and "extract (myFunction());" to extract it to variables. However, when I turned on php's display errors and error reporting function, I got an error message saying "Warning: extract() [function.extract]: First argument should be an array in /my/web/site/index.php on line 6" (which is where my extract function is). This works fine with passing more than one variables through, is there another way pass one variable from a function to be stored as a variable on the page which called the function?

Here is the function:
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<?php
//This is a list of numeric error codes against their text. this will return the error code as the variable $issue
function checkLoginIssue() {

//If there is an error code
if (isset($_GET["issue"])) {
 
  //cycle through the list until the code is reached, return the text and break the switch
    switch ($_GET["issue"]) {

      case "1":
              $issue = '<p class="warning">Please log in to view this page</p>';
              break;
  
      case "2":
              $issue = '<p class="warning">Wrong Username or Password</p>';
              break;

        case "3":
              $issue = '<p class="warning">No user found with those details</p>';
              break;

    }
 
 //return the variable in an array with a single value
 return compact('issue');
 
}
 
}
?>
And here is the code which calls the function:
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<?php
extract(checkLoginIssue());
?>

Hello
First of all i am very weak about OOP and classes in php. I am learning now but i stuck with very silly problem.
My codes are below.
<?php
   class myTestClass
   {
       function __construct()
       {
         $this->OldName("This is Old Name");
       }
       
       function OldName($VeryOld)
       {
           if($VeryOld == "This is Old Name")
               $this->NewName();
            else
               $VeryOld = "Something Wrong";
            return $VeryOld;
       }
       
       function NewName()
       {
           echo "This is Brand New Name";
       }
   }
   
   $i = new myTestClass();
?>

if i send value to  OldName "This is Old Name" then codes works fine.
But if i send "This is Old Nameeee" then does not appear anything.

what i want to do is print "Something Wrong" text if i enter different value. I have no idea what return do and how it do? How to retrieve/print "Something Wrong"?
i can do that with echo but i want to transfer result of return to another function.

Really appreciate for any help/idea.