Custom Class - vBulletin

[JamesTalbot]

Hello,

Looking to create a custom class called League. This is going to be integrated with vBulletin. I want to use be able to use the $vbulletin->userinfo[]; inside the methods...if that makes sense. Here is what i have.

League.php

PHP Code:

class League
{
    private $vbulletin;
    
    public function __constructor($vbulletin)
    {
        global $vbulletin;
    }
    
    public function showNews() 
    {
    
    echo $this->userinfo['username'];
        
    }
} 


config.php

PHP Code:

$cur_dir = getcwd();
chdir('./forums/');
require_once('./global.php');
chdir($cur_dir);
include ('League.php');
$league = new League($vbulletin); 


index.php

PHP Code:

include ('config.php');
$league->showNews(); 


I was hoping that it would display the username but obviously i am doing something very wrong.

How do i create a custom class and be able to use the $vbulletin, $db methods/objects etc?

Sorry for confusing questions. Hope someone can help me with this. Thanks.

[Dismounted]

Firstly, a constructor method is "__construct()". Secondly, "$this" refers to the current object, not another object. Thirdly, you actually need to populate your variables.

PHP Code:

class League
{
    private $vbulletin;

    public function __construct($vbulletin)
    {
        $this->vbulletin = $vbulletin;
    }

    public function showNews() 
    {
        echo $this->vbulletin->userinfo['username']; 
    }
} 


[JamesTalbot]

Thank you so much!!!

[Dismounted]

By the way, keep in mind that magic methods (e.g. __construct()) and private/protected/public/static/etc. keywords only exist in PHP 5.

[Andreas]

Don't copy the object, reference it.

PHP Code:

class League
{
    private $vbulletin;
    
    public function __construct(&$vbulletin)
    {
        $this->vbulletin = $vbulletin;
    }
}