Using a returned objects array from a PHP function -

i'm having weird problem. i'm learning php (used program in java), , i'm trying 1 simple thing. have dao method this:

while (oci_fetch($parse)) {         $stats = new stats();         $stats->setid($id);         $stats->setname($name);         $stats->setemail($email);         $stats->setgender($gender);         $stats->setbirthday($birthday);         $statslist[] = $stats;     }      return $statslist; 

and have php file uses function (called getbyid), test, this:

    $statsdao = new statsdao();     $statslist[] = $statsdao->getbyid(1);     foreach ($statslist $stat) {         echo $stat->getname();     } 

this seems simple enough: dao returns array , other file reads returned array of stats , prints it. i'm getting error message instead:

fatal error: call member function getname() on non-object in /var/www/socializi/interfaceusuario/index.php on line 25

the weird thing is: if call foreach loop inside dao's getbyid function, prints alright, when call function outside , assign array, not recognize array's contents objects.

what doing wrong here? thanks!

try that:

  $statsdao = new statsdao();     $statslist = $statsdao->getbyid(1);     foreach ($statslist $stat) {         echo $stat->getname();     } 

you add [] served nothing more put array inside array giving you

 $statslist[0][0]->getname(); //would work on php 5.4 syntaxe shoes idea. 

one level deep.

put foreach inside first 1 fix ugly , serves nothing:

 $statsdao[] = new statsdao();     $statslist = $statsdao->getbyid(1);     foreach ($statslist $stats) {          foreach ($stats $stat) {              echo $stat->getname();          }     }