PHP - Is It Possible To Make A $this Var Global For All Classes?

Hey,

I've been developing a browsergame. In this you are able to produce something ("weed"). Now I've got some kind of trouble with the function that is responsible for updating the "weed" on the user accounts.

Im going to explain, how my script is working

First step:

Loading the datas from "worlds". In this case id, weed_factor, weed_basis. What this is required for you will see in the next steps 


<?php

include 'includes/settings/mysql.php';
mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass);
mysql_select_db($dbbase);

$time = time();

$update_weed_world_data_sql = "SELECT id, weed_factor, weed_basis FROM worlds";
$update_weed_world_data_res = mysql_query($update_weed_world_data_sql) OR DIE (mysql_error());
while($update_weed_world_data_while = mysql_fetch_assoc($update_weed_world_data_res)){
$update_weed_world_id = $update_weed_world_data_while['id'];
$update_weed_world_basis[$update_weed_world_id] = $update_weed_world_data_while['weed_basis'];
$update_weed_world_factor[$update_weed_world_id] = $update_weed_world_data_while['weed_factor'];
global $update_weed_world_basis;
}


Second step:

This is the function which is editing each account by the data given as parameters.


function do_update_weed($profile_id,$world,$update,$level,$time){
$update_weed_period = $time - $update;
$update_weed_add = ($update_weed_period / 3600 * $update_weed_world_basis[$world] * pow($update_weed_world_factor[$world],$level)) +1;
echo $update_weed_world_basis[$world];
echo "<br>";
mysql_query("UPDATE profiles SET weed = weed +$update_weed_add, weed_update = $time WHERE id = $profile_id LIMIT 1");
}


Note:


echo $update_weed_world_basis[$world];


doesnt result an output.

In step three, the accounts are loaded:


function todo_update_weed($time){
$todo_update_weed_sql = "SELECT * FROM profiles WHERE weed_update < $time";
$todo_update_weed_res = mysql_query($todo_update_weed_sql) or die (mysql_error());
while($todo_update_weed_while = mysql_fetch_assoc($todo_update_weed_res)){
do_update_weed( $todo_update_weed_while['id'],
$todo_update_weed_while['world_id'],
$todo_update_weed_while['weed_update'],
$todo_update_weed_while['level_farm'],
$time
);
}
}


And the last step is calling function "todo_update_weed" with the time.


todo_update_weed($time);


I script calculate the time between the last update and the current time. This make a difference in time. With this value I calculate something else. And then the update time has to be saved.

The script has just working fine, when I set the variable "$update_weed_add" with a fix value. But by now the script doesn't work, because I don't know how to make the array available inside functions.

I considered whether I put the database-function for the world_data inside the function that updates the profiles. But if I do this, the database will be called thousands of times...

Hope anybody has a nice idea to fix the problem 

Hi All,
For the last post,I m very happy that i found out so many great mind who are watching my problem and solving online.
anyway great thanks for all,
just now i m making a project and i m facing problem in the below code
"i need to know how can make this code easy or how can i make rdata variable accessible for the download button"
generatecv.php file
<?php
if(isset($_REQUEST['submit']))
{
$name=$_REQUEST['pname'];
$pin=$_REQUEST['pin'];
$mnumb=$_REQUEST['mnumber'];
$tnumb=$_REQUEST['telenumber'];
$email=$_REQUEST['email'];
$obj=$_REQUEST['obj'];
$title=$_REQUEST['jobt'];
$activity=$_REQUEST['activity'];
//$file=fopen('test.doc','a+');
//echo @fwrite($file,$name);
//fclose($file);
$rdata="";
$rdata.="<table id='cvtbl' border='0' align='center' >
<th>Resume</th>
<tr><td>".$name.":</td></tr><tr><td>Objective:</td></tr>";
$rdata.="<tr><td>".$obj."</td></tr>";
$rdata.="<tr><td>Email:".$email."</td></tr>";
$rdata.="</table>";
echo $rdata;

echo "<style>#cv{display:none;}</style>";
echo "<form><input type='submit' name='dwnld' id='dwnld' value='Download'/></form>";
}
if(isset($_REQUEST['dwnld']))
{
header("Content-type:application/msword");
header("Content-disposition:attachment;filename=test.doc");
$fp=fopen("test.doc","r") or die("try again");
$data=fread($fp,filesize('test.doc'));
fwrite($fp,$rdata);
echo $data;
fclose($fp);
//echo $rdata."<br />".$rdata;
}
?>

this is the html file

<html>
<title>User details</title>
<body>
<form name='cv' id='cv' method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action='generatecv.php'>
    Enter your name<input type=text name=pname id=pname />
    Zip Code<input type=text name=pin id=pin />
    Mobile number<input type=text name=mnumber id=mnumber />
    <br />Telephone number <input type=text name=telenumber id=telenumber />
    Email address<input type=text name=email id=email />
    <br />Enter your objective<br /><textarea name=obj id=obj cols=30 rows=5 ></textarea>
<!--University Name <input type=text name=university id=university /> -->
    <br /><!--uni, city ,state ,type of degree ,full degree name,date-->
    <br /><!--Experience<br /><textarea name=exp id=exp cols=30 rows=5 ></textarea> -->
   Select type of resume
   <select name='type' id='type' onChange=''>
   <option value='0'>Graduate</option>
   <option value='1'>Post Graduate</option>
   <option value='2'>Non Graguate</option>
   <option value='3'>Other</option>
   </select>
    Job title<input type='text' name='jobt' id='jobt' />
    <br /><!--company name,city ,state ,office number ,job description ,date of employment-->
    <br />Activity <input type=text name=activity id=activity size=100 />
    <br />Honors/Awards<input type=text name=honor id=honor size=100 />
   <input type='submit' name='submit' id='submit' value='Generate CV' />
   <input type='reset' name='Reset' id='submit' value='Reset' />
   
</form>
</body>
</html>

Many thanks in advance

Hi,

As the title suggests I am unsure on how to first run a query which stores values into an array. I then need to run a function multiple times but use the array within the function. How is this possible? I have had no luck figuring it out yet.

1. RUN QUERY
2. BUILD ARRAY USING QUERY RESULTS
3. RUN FUNCTION MULTIPLE TIMES
4. WITHIN FUNCTION I NEED TO USE ARRAY

Many thanks
Simon

I need $row['con_id'] outside the function so I can put it into a query, but simply putting global in front of it won't work. What would be the right way to do?

This portion of code is INSIDE a function:

//Loop through the array of data

while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array ($data)) 

{

echo "<table padding='0' margin='0' class='knuffixTable'>";

echo "<input type='hidden' name='con_id' value='<?php echo " . $row['con_id'] . "; ?>' />";

echo "<tr><td width='65px' height='64px' class='avatar_bg' rowspan='2' colpan='2'><img src='$avatar_path' alt='avatar' /></td><td class='knuffix_username'><strong>" . $user_name;

echo "</strong><br />" . $row['category'] .  " | " . date('M d, Y', strtotime($row['contributed_date'])) . "</td></tr><tr><td>";

echo "<form action='' method='post'>

<input type='submit' name='plusVote' value='Y' />

<input type='submit' name='minusVote' value='N' />

</form></td><td class='votes'>Y[ - ] | N[ - ]</td></tr>";

echo "<tr><td class='knuffix_name' colspan='3'><strong>" . htmlentities($row['name']) . "</strong><br /></td></tr>";

echo "<tr><td colspan='2' class='knuffix_contribution'><pre>" . $row['contribution'] . "</pre><br /></td></tr>";

echo "</table>";



The PHP documentation does not show any examples how to GLOBALIZE a mysqli function. I'd need a way to use $row['con_id'] outside the function for the voting script I'm writing.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I've been spending long hours learning about classes and their magic methods. I just came across a tutorial which showed a constructor like this:

class Device {
    //...
    public function  __construct(Battery $battery, $name) {
        // $battery can only be a valid Battery object
        $this->battery = $battery;
        $this->name = $name;
        // connect to the network
        $this->connect();
    }
    //...
}

the Battery part instantly caught my attention. Here had previously made a Battery class (and a more complete Device class) but the next thing he did really caught my interest:

$device = new Device(new Battery(), 'iMagic');
// iMagic connected
echo $device->name;
// iMagic

what the hell is going on here? Is this another way to include the methods and properties of one class into another class, in order words is this the same thing as:

class Device extends Battery

I don't think so because this new Battery() thing looks more like its creating an object inside the Device object. Previously the only way I could to that was to type $battery = new Battery() inside one of my methods. But this looks like hes doing something different. Can anyone explain whats going on here?   The whole tutorial is he http://code.tutsplus...-php--net-13085 in the main Device method he has a premade $battery variable to hold the Battery object. Sometimes I have multiple classes containing functions which I'd like to include in my main class. I can only extend one class, so I usually extent a class containing only properties, no methods. I still don't know what difference making that info class abstract is, I'd appreciate if anyone could tell me.   Also I'd love to know what the point in static methods is. I've never used them because I've never seen the point. Is it just to make it easier to call the methods because you don't need to create an object instance to call them? Sorry for the extra questions, the first one is what I'm really wondering about.