I have a function that returns the value of a variable inside an object like so :
public function getVar($var)
{
return ($this->$var);
}
It works fine, but I cannot find a way to get the value of an array stored inside a variable. I thought something like this would work:
$object->getVar("variable['value']");
but it doesn't .... How can I do that ?
This syntax is not applicable to arrays. Use this instead:
public function getVar($var, $index = null)
{
if (null === $index)
return $this->$var;
$var = $this->$var;
return $var[$index];
}
Usage:
$yourClass = new YourClass();
$yourClass->array = array('a' => 'b');
$yourClass->someVar = 'c';
echo $yourClass->getVar('array', 'a'); // output: b
echo $yourClass->getVar('someVar'); // output: c
