PHP - Calling database class from another class - php

Question

I've recently encountered an error in my code:
PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$connection' (T_VARIABLE), expecting function (T_FUNCTION) in
From what I've googled the issue is not setting public/private/protected before, or not creating the database connection in the construct function.
The database connection class code:
class databaseConnection {
//Database information
protected $mysqliUser = "";
protected $mysqliHost = "localhost";
protected $mysqlipass = "";
protected $mysqlidbname = "";
public $con;
public function __construct() {
$this->con = new mysqli($this->mysqliHost,$this->mysqliUser,$this-
>mysqlipass,$this->mysqlidbname);
}
}
A snippet of the class code that is receiving the error:
private $conn;
$conn = new databaseConnection;
Any help to point me in the right direction is much appreciated.

Answer 1

above the private declaration is just the class creation class
createSession
In which case your $conn = new databaseConnection; either needs visibility, or should be in a method. Hard to tell which without seeing all the class and the odd indentation you have.
So put that in the method it belongs in (perhaps the constructor?) or set it to private, protected, or public - whichever it was intended for.

Answer 2

Check this out.
It really works..
connect.php
class DBConnect {
private static $connection;
private static $host = "localhost";
private static $user = "root";
private static $pwd = "";
private static $dbname = "yourDBName";
public static function connect() {
$host = self::$host;
$user = self::$user;
$pwd = self::$pwd;
$dbname = self::$dbname;
self::$connection = new mysqli($host, $user, $pwd, $dbname) or die('Error connecting..');
return self::$connection;
}
}
myclass.php
require_once('connect.php');
class MyClass {
private $connObj;
public function __construct() {
$this->connObj = DBConnect::connect();
}
public function select() {
$conn = $this->connObj;
$sql = "SELECT * FROM table_name";
$query = $conn->query($sql);
$res = $query->fetch_assoc();
// your code..
}
}
$obj = new MyClass();
$obj->select();
Hope, this code snippet works fine for you. :) :)