Re: CakePHP 1.3 helper and variable name collision.

Is there any way to avoid a conflict if I want to define a variable
named $artist? The problem in the previous code is that $this->Artist
is overwritten by the value of $artist within the loop. This is doubly
frustrating as the case of the variables is different (Artist versus
artist) which PHP is supposed to respect.

On Jul 6, 8:22 pm, Miles J <mileswjohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In 1.3 it supports both $artist and $this->Artist.
>
> On Jul 6, 4:53 pm, aleph1 <cubeythero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I thought in CakePHP 1.3 the issue with helpers and variables
> > colliding had been resolved. However, in the below view code the
> > gettype function outside of the loop references the ArtistHelper
> > correctly (returns "object"), and inside refers to the $artist
> > variable (returns "array").
>
> > <?php
> > echo gettype($this->Artist);
> > foreach($artists as $artist) {
> >         echo gettype($this->Artist);
> >         $url = $this->Artist->url($artist['Artist']['slug']);}
>
> > ?>
>
> > I would rather avoid a different name for the variable, as "artist" is
> > the most descriptive name. Has this not been resolved, or am I doing
> > something wrong?

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