php default value and non-object

Question

i have a multipage form with some textfields. When you fill out the form and press next the form stores the values in an object. When you press the backbutton it reloads those values in textfields. This works fine.

But when you initially load the form, the object isn't created so there is nothing to load the values from and i get a Call to a member function on a non-object error.

example:

<inputfield value='$object->getValue()'>

is there a way to tell it that when the object doesn't exist to just leave it empty?

Can you show all code? Where is your object initialization?

Alex Pliutau
– Alex Pliutau

2010-10-28 12:40:16 +00:00
Commented Oct 28, 2010 at 12:40 — Alex Pliutau
– Alex Pliutau, Commented Oct 28, 2010 at 12:40

jwueller · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-28 13:25:57Z

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You could do the following before using the object:

// All methods called on this object return an empty string.
class EmptyObject {
    public function __call($name, $args) {
        return '';
    }
}

// Use fake object if $object is not defined correctly.
if (!is_object($object)) {
    $object = new EmptyObject();
}

__call is a magic method in PHP. It gets invoked every time an undefined method is called on the object.

edited Oct 28, 2010 at 13:25

answered Oct 28, 2010 at 12:42

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Brandon Frohbieter · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-28 12:42:58Z

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The is also an isset method:

if(isset($object)){
     //it is there
}

answered Oct 28, 2010 at 12:42

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Spudley · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-28 12:44:55Z

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Try this:

$output = "<inputfield value='". (isset($object) ? $object->getValue() : '') . "'>";

answered Oct 28, 2010 at 12:44

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Sarfraz · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-28 12:42:06Z

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There is is_object method:

if (is_object($object)){
  // it is there
}

So you can check for it something like this:

<inputfield value='<?php is_object(@$object) ? $object->getValue() : '';?>'>

answered Oct 28, 2010 at 12:42

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