[PHP] Re: function calls...Incorrect output...What am I doing wrong?

[Eric Starr]

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I am learning PHP and I am having some trouble.  I am working on a hit
counter application.  I am using PHP 4 even though the file extension might
lead you to believe I am using PHP 3.

This code is on a page called "homePage.php3".  Here is the instantiation of
my Counter:
<?php
   include('./counter/counter.php3');
   $counter = new Counter("homePage.php3");
   echo "<BR>All Done!"
?>

Here is count.txt... this is where I store the counts of each page...this is
some test data:

testPage.php3 6
homePage.php3 76
b 99

Here is my counter.php3 code.  This code is not complete.  All it should do
right now is to output the position in the array that it found the
hitcounter...using the test data above I am expecting the output to be
">>>1<<<", assuming that PHP arrays are zero numbered, but instead I am
getting ">>><<<".  What am I doing wrong?

<?php
 class Counter
 {
 var $mName; // The name of the counter...this should be the name of the web
page the counter is on
 var $mCount; // The C
 var $mDataFile;
 var $mHandle;
 var $mFileArray;
 var $mCountPosition; //this is the position of the counter in mFileArray

 // Constructor
 function Counter($name)
{
     $this->mDataFile = "./counter/count.txt";
     $this->mCount = 1;
     $this->mCounterPosition = -1;
     $this->mName = $name;
     $this->mHandle = fopen($this->mDataFile, "r+");

     // Reading the file into an array...each new line is a seperate element
of the array
     if (!($this->mFileArray = file($this->mDataFile)))
    {
        printf("Could not read this file: " . $mHandle . "<BR>");
     }
     $this->mCountPosition = $this->hitCounterPosition();  // ??? Why is
this not returning anything ???
     printf(">>>" . $this->mCountPosition . "<<< <BR>");  // The output I am
getting is:  >>><<<
}

function hitCounterPosition() //returns the position of the hitcounter in
mFileArray
{
   for ($i=0; $i < count( $mFileArray ); $i++) // iterates through the array
   {
      $pos = strpos( $mFileArray[$i], $mName);
      if (!is_integer($pos)) // The hit counter has NOT been found
      {
         return (-1);
      }
      else // The hit counter has been found
      {
         return ($pos);
      }
   }
}
} // end of class
?>





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