PHP class properties inside properties

Question

Hey I have been reading some PHP class documentation and how to create classes. But I haven't seen any examples of properties inside the properties. I will give an example what I want to do:

class Properties {
public property1;
public nestedProperty1;
public nestedProperty2;
}

and I want to assign properties like this:

$Property = new Properties();
$Property->property1 = "foo";
$property1->nestedProperty1 = "bar";

So I could access data like:

$property1->nestedProperty1;

Is this possible? I need this because I'm working with a dynamic multidimentional array.

Answer 1

1) classes != arrays.

2) You want nested CLASSES.

For example (pseudo code):

// Create a class
MyThingClass {
  string ThingProperty1
  int ThingProperty2
}

// Create a MyThingClass instance
MyThing = new MyThingClass(...)

// Use instance in another class
MyOtherThingClass {
  MyThingClass MyThing
  string SomeOtherProperty
}

You cannot nest properties directly like you are trying to do. You could also use structures as properties.