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@ccarteralex1997-altJan 15.2026 — #Initialize isLoggedIn with a default value (e.g., false) in the constructor, then update it inside getUserFromCookie() only when validation succeeds. This ensures isLoggedIn() is always defined and lets you reliably check the user state without conditionally creating the object.
OOP – User Class
I’m looking to have a user class, where I can register users, log them in and out etc.
My methods will be
logInUser()
RegisterUser()
ValidateEmail()
LogoutUser()
getUserFromCookie($oken, $id)
I’ll have a property such as isLoggedIn with a method of similar name
My question is on my page, I can call $User = new User();
From there I would do $User->getUserFromCookie($_COOKIE[‘userToken’], $_COOKIE[‘userId’]);
If the user token and Id matches I’ll get the user details from my db. Otherwise I don’t want to create a user object.
How can I do a if statement? such as if($User->isLoggedIn() === true) { when I’ve not set that property?
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@ccarteralex1997-altJan 15.2026 — #Initialize isLoggedIn with a default value (e.g., false) in the constructor, then update it inside getUserFromCookie() only when validation succeeds. This ensures isLoggedIn() is always defined and lets you reliably check the user state without conditionally creating the object.