PHP Observer Pattern, Issue - php

Question

Bellow is a PHP script.
I tried to implement the Observer pattern (without MVC structure)... only basic.
The error which is encountered has been specified in a comment.
First I tried to add User objects to the UsersLibrary repository. There was a error such as User::update() does not exists or something.
Why is that error encountered? What fix should be applied and how?
interface IObserver {
public function update(IObservable $sender);
}
interface IObservable {
public function addObserver(IObserver $obj);
public function notify();
}
class UsersLibrary implements IObservable {
private $container;
private $contor;
//private $z;
public function __construct() {//IObserver $a) {
$this->container = array();
$this->contor = 0;
echo "<div>[constructing UsersLibrary...]</div>";
$this->addObserver(new Logger());
//$this->z = $a;
}
public function add($obj) {
echo "<div>[adding a new user...]</div>";
$this->container[$this->contor] = $obj;
$this->contor++;
$this->notify();
}
public function get($index) {
return $this->container[$index];
}
public function addObserver(IObserver $obj) {
$this->container[] = $obj;
}
public function notify() {
echo "<div>[notification in progress...]</div>";
foreach($this->container as $temp) {
//echo $temp;
#################################################################
$temp->update(); //--------ERROR
//Fatal Error: Call to a member function update() on a non-object.
#################################################################
}
//$this->container[0]->update();
//$this->z->update($this);
}
}
class User {
private $id;
private $name;
public function __construct($id, $name) {
$this->id = $id;
$this->name = $name;
}
public function getId() {
return $this->id;
}
public function getName() {
return $this->name;
}
}
class Logger implements IObserver {
public function __construct() {
echo "<div>[constructing Logger...]</div>";
}
public function update(IObservable $sender) {
echo "<div>A new user has been added.</div>";
}
}
$a = new UsersLibrary(); //new Logger());
//$a->add(new User(1, "DemoUser1"));
//$a->add(new User(2, "DemoUser2"));
$a->add("Demo");
echo $a->get(0);
//echo $a->get(0)->getName();

Answer 1

Your User class is not implementing interface IObserver and therefore is not forced to have the method update().
You have to instantiate a new User() in order to add it to the UsersLibrary:
$library = new UsersLibrary();
$user = new User(1, "Demo");
$library->add($user);
Also, you are mixing Users and Loggers into your UsersLibrary container. Maybe think about separating the containers for them?

Answer 2

You are passing a string instead of an object in your $a->add() call. You should either pass in an object, or alter the code in UserLibrary::add() to wrap it's argument in an appropriate object (or do an object lookup of it sees a string, for instance find a user with that name).
$user = new User(1, "Demo");
$a = new UsersLibrary();
$a->add($user);