If statement and Objects - php

Question

this is by Far the weirdest thing i have ever seen and i am completely confused. please someone help me with this.
$variable=array();
$count=0;
// now im am going to loop through a resource that i made
while(!feof($job))
{
$data=fgets($job);
// i am search for different things below. search for name, date, employer
// i am using regex to search btw
// presume object in class works fine, and they do.
if(search for eg name in $data, storing in $variable[$count].first($match))
// the problem is at this point i will have access to
// $variable[$count].getFirst(returns value set by first) which was set above;
if(search for eg Employer in $data, storing in variable[$count].next($match))
// i will have access here as well
// $variable[$count].getFirst(returns value set by first) which was set above
if(search for 3rd search in $data, storing in variable[$count].name($match))
// down here after the second if i am not able to see any of my variables set more than 2 if statements ago????
// $variable[$count].getFirst(does not returns the value set by first()) which was set above
if(search for 4th search in $data, storing in variable[$count].foo($match))
// check if everything is set then count++;
}
Now each one of these methods are completely dependent from the next but after 2 if statements. I am just not able to access $variable[count]->getfirst()
the answer is null;
edited
this is the actual code
require "functions/decodeEncodedUrl.php";
require "objects/jobObject.php";
$url=decodeEncodedUrl();
$profile=array();
$companies=0;
$url_search='http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/';
$startReading=0;
$job=fopen($url['url'], 'r')or die("JobBanks is failing to respond.<br>Please Try again Later");
while(!feof($job))
{
set_time_limit(500);
$profile[$companies]= new jobProfile();
$trash=fgets($job);
if(!$startReading)
{
if(preg_match('~RepeaterSearchResults_hypJobItem_[0-9]+~',$trash,$matches))
{
$startReading=true;
}
}
if($startReading)
{
$data=$trash;
if(preg_match("~href=\".*\"~",$data,$matches))
{
$temp=preg_replace("~href=~",'',$matches[0]);
$temp=preg_replace("~\"~",'',$temp);
$profile[$companies]->setLink($url_search.$temp);
var_dump($profile[$companies]);
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
}
if(preg_match("~>[A-Za-z-, ]+\(~",$data,$matches))
{
$temp=preg_replace("~>|\(~",'',$matches[0]);
$profile[$companies]->setPosition(ucfirst($temp));
var_dump($profile[$companies]);
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
}
if(preg_match("~# *[0-9]+~",$data,$matches))
{
$profile[$companies]->setOrderNum(preg_replace("~#| ~",'',$matches[0]));
var_dump($profile[$companies]);
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
}
if(preg_match("~Employer:</strong>.*~",$data,$matches))
{
$temp=preg_replace("~Employer:</strong> ~",'',$matches[0]);
$temp=preg_replace("~<br.*~",'',$temp);
$temp=ucfirst($temp);
$profile[$companies]->setEmployer($temp);
var_dump($profile[$companies]);
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
}
if(preg_match("~[$][0-9]+.*~",$data,$matches))
{
$temp=preg_replace("~/.*~",'',$matches[0]);
$profile[$companies]->setSalary(preg_replace("~[$]~","$ ",$temp));
var_dump($profile[$companies]);
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
}
if(preg_match("~[$][0-9]+.*~",$data,$matches))
{
$temp=preg_replace('~[$A-Za-z0-9. ]*[/] ?~','',$matches[0]);
$profile[$companies]->setRate(preg_replace('~<.*~','',$temp));
var_dump($profile[$companies]);
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
}
if(preg_match("~Location:.*~",$data,$matches))
{
$temp=preg_replace('~.*;~','',$matches[0]);
$temp=preg_replace('~^ |,~','',$temp);
$profile[$companies]->setCity(ucfirst($temp));
//echo ucfirst($temp)."<br>";
}
if(preg_match("~Location[:<>/\,A-Za-z ]*~",$data,$matches))
{
$profile[$companies]->setProvince($matches[0]);
//echo " ".$matches[0]."<br>\n";
//echo $profile[$companies]->getLocation()."\n<br>";
}
if(preg_match("~[0-9]{4}/[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{1,2}~",$data,$matches))
{
echo $profile[$companies]->displayHTML();
$profile[$companies]->setDate($matches[0]);
if($profile[$companies]->allDataSet())
{
//echo "data was set"."<br>";
$startReading=false;
$companies++;
}
else
{
$startReading=false;
$companies++;
echo "Data was Not set";
}
}
}
}
fclose($job);
everything works except the $profile[number] doesn't store anything in it at all after the 3 rd if statement when the variable is stored.
If
{
//Profile[number] info stored
}
if
{
//Profile[number] info available
}
if
{
//profile[number] info available
}
if
{
//profile[number] info is gone
}

Answer 1

variable[$count].next($match)
the .next() moves the internal pointer to the next element in the array.