simple php syntax question

[eluser]Bogdan Tanase[/eluser]
Hi,

Is it possible to write the following sequence shorter?

Code:

$row=$query->row(); //active record row result

$name=$row->name;

could I write something like

Code:

$name=($query->row())->name; //obviously this will not work

I'd like to know if there's a way I could reference the member of the object returned by row() function without assigning it to another variable.

Thank you!

[eluser]xwero[/eluser]
if you use php5 you can write

Code:

$name = $this->select('name')->where('id',$id)->get('table')->row()->name;

[eluser]Bogdan Tanase[/eluser]
right! Thank you xwero. I forgot all about method chaining

[eluser]jdfwarrior[/eluser]
Is that in t he documentation/user guide somewhere? Never seen it done quite like that..

[eluser]TheFuzzy0ne[/eluser]
[quote author="jdfwarrior" date="1234293610"]Is that in t he documentation/user guide somewhere? Never seen it done quite like that..[/quote]

Yes it is. http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-gui...l#chaining