require './TopicData.php'; class Table extends TopicData { // Table names // badges // activities // tasks // subtasks // scouts // tracker public $badge; public $x; public function getBadgeID($badge) { $this->badge = new Table(); // connect to database $this->badge->connect(); // select badge specific information $x = $this->badge->getAlltopics('badges', "badges = {$badge}"); // $id = $x[0]; return $x; } } // list all options and sub options $a = new Table(); $a->getBadgeID('bobcat'); foreach ($a as $b) { echo $b . '<br>'; } echo '<br>'; var_dump($a);