<p>Boom!</p>

<p>So I just needed to put an underscore between the plugin handle and variable name so <code>PluginAnotherVariable.php</code> becomes <code>Plugin_AnotherVariable.php</code> and the classname <code>Plugin_AnotherVariable</code> and things are now working :)</p>

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2016-02-13T18:14:25.800Z
2016-02-13T18:14:25.800Z
Alec Ritson
<p>I have a plugin with the structure something like:</p>

<pre><code>variables
 - PluginVariable.php
 - PluginAnotherVariable.php
</code></pre>

<p>Inside <code>PluginVariable.php</code> I have something like:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;?php
namespace Craft;

class PluginVariable
{
   public function foo($parameter)
   {
       $result = craft()-&gt;plugin_results-&gt;get($parameter);
        return new PluginAnotherVariable($result);
   }
}
</code></pre>

<p>Now when I do <code>{{ craft.plugin.foo('something') }}</code> I just get <code>Fatal error: Class 'Craft\PluginAnotherVariable' not found</code>.</p>

<p>I've checked that the filenames and classnames are identical and the namespacing etc so the class most certainly exists but I can't get this to work, has anyone had a similar issue with this and what could be causing it? Thanks.</p>

<plugin-development><plugins>
How do you return an instance of a variable class from within a different variable class?
# How do you return an instance of a variable class from within a different variable class?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-13)

I have a plugin with the structure something like:
variables
 - PluginVariable.php
 - PluginAnotherVariable.php

Inside PluginVariable.php I have something like:
plugin_results->get($parameter);
        return new PluginAnotherVariable($result);
   }
}

Now when I do {{ craft.plugin.foo('something') }} I just get Fatal error: Class 'Craft\PluginAnotherVariable' not found.
I've checked that the filenames and classnames are identical and the namespacing etc so the class most certainly exists but I can't get this to work, has anyone had a similar issue with this and what could be causing it? Thanks.

**Tags:** plugin-development, plugins


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2016-02-13. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Boom!

So I just needed to put an underscore between the plugin handle and variable name so `PluginAnotherVariable.php` becomes `Plugin_AnotherVariable.php` and the classname `Plugin_AnotherVariable` and things are now working :)


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