Variables and classes in pyside6???

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Hi!
I am currently in highschool and have a basic knowledge of python, this is my first program using classes and I have run into a bit of a problem!

I am aiming to create a 'betting system' using python with pyside6/pyqt as a GUI.
So far the user is able to log/sign in and the program can verify or create a new account for the user depending on the option. I haven't had too many issues with this so far!
However, I am also trying to save the amount of 'coins' a user has in their account and assign this value to a variable when they log in. The code that does this task is inside a function (prevUser) which is inside a class. I have structured my program in such a way that every page is a different class and i want to be able to access and edit this variable in other classes. I have tried the global keyword both within my function and the class but it doesn't seem to work.
Is there a way to do this? or do I need to restructure my program?

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The last line is where the function is called
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This is the function, pls is the variable I want to access in another class

If anyone could advise it would be much appreciated!! :))
 
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You would probably be better off storing information in a database. Csv is not really a good option for this. Even json would be a better option. I would then make a class that manipulates the data in the database.

Here is one I wrote a while back using tkinter and sqlite3. Maybe you can get an idea from this.

Python:
import tkinter as tk
import sqlite3 as sq
import os
import webbrowser
from urllib.request import urlopen

# Executed from bash shell or vscode - vscode is default
path = os.path.dirname(os.sys.argv[0])

if not path:
    path = '.'
 
class Database:
    '''
    Database class handles all methods for the adding, deleting, and retrieving
    information
    '''
    def __init__(self):
        ''' Setup the sqlite3 database and cursor '''
        self.db = sq.connect(f'{path}/user.db')
        self.cursor = self.db.cursor()

    def create(self):
        ''' create creates the table and sets up a basic email validation '''
        query = '''
                create table if not exists customer (
                id integer primary key,
                name text not null,
                email text unique not null,
                password text not null,
                logged_in integer not null default 0
                check(
                    email like '%_@_%._%' and
                    length(email) - length(replace(email, '@', '')) = 1 and
                    substr(lower(email), 1, instr(email, '.') - 1) not glob '*[^@0-9a-z]*' and
                    substr(lower(email), instr(email, '.') + 1) not glob '*[^a-z]*'
                    ))
                '''
        # Execute and commit the query
        self.db.execute(query)
        self.db.commit()

    def register(self, name, email, password):
        ''' Method add data to the database and handles some error checking '''       
        query = '''
                insert into customer (name, email, password) values (?,?,?)
                '''

        self.cursor.execute(query, (name.lower().strip(), email.lower().strip(), password))
        self.db.commit()
            
    def remove(self, id):
        ''' Method for removing users by id '''
        if id:
            self.cursor.execute(f'delete from customer where id = {id}')

    def getall(self):
        ''' Method gets all information from database '''
        return self.cursor.execute('select * from customer').fetchall()
    
    def getone(self, id):
        ''' Method gets information for a single id '''
        if id:
            return self.cursor.execute(f'select * from customer where id = {id}').fetchone()
        
    def login(self, email, password):
        ''' Method checks if a user is in the database based on email and password
            if a user is found then it will set a session variable for being logged in.
        '''
        query = f'''
                select id, email, password from customer where email = "{email}" and password = "{password}"
                '''
        res = self.cursor.execute(query).fetchone()
        if res:
            return True
        return False
    

class Window:
    '''
    Window class is the main display window
    '''
    def __init__(self, parent):
        self.parent = parent
        x = parent.winfo_screenwidth()//3
        y = int(parent.winfo_screenheight() * 0.1)
        self.parent.geometry(f'800x600+{x}+{y}')

        self.parent.minsize(800,600)
        parent.title('Main Page')
        parent.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
        parent.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)

        # Container frame for holding all widgets
        container = tk.Frame(parent, bg='#555555')
        container.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='news', padx=5, pady=5)
        container.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=3)
        container.grid_rowconfigure(2, weight=3)

        # Link container to hold various link frames
        linksframe = tk.Frame(container, bg='white')
        linksframe.grid(column=0, row=1, sticky='new')
        linksframe.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=0)
        linksframe.grid_columnconfigure(1, weight=3)
        linksframe.grid_columnconfigure(2, weight=3)

        links = tk.Frame(linksframe, bg='white')
        links.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='new')

        # Admin container will show when logged in
        self.adminframe =tk.Frame(linksframe, bg='white')
        self.adminframe.grid(column=1, row=0, sticky='new')
        self.adminframe.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=3)

        # Data Container
        mid_container = tk.Frame(container, bg='#333333')
        mid_container.grid(column=0, row=2, sticky='news')
        mid_container.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=3)
        mid_container.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=0)
        mid_container.grid_columnconfigure(1, weight=3)
        mid_container.grid_columnconfigure(2, weight=1)

        left = tk.Frame(mid_container, bg='#333333')
        left.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='news', padx=(5,2), pady=(5,2))
        left.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=3)
        left.grid_rowconfigure(1, weight=3)

        spacer = tk.Frame(left, bg='#333333', pady=10, padx=5)
        spacer['borderwidth'] = 1
        spacer['highlightbackground'] = '#555555'
        spacer['highlightcolor'] = '#555555'
        spacer['highlightthickness'] = 1
        spacer.grid(column=0, row=1, sticky='news')
        spacer.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=3)
        spacer.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=3)

        mid = tk.Frame(mid_container, bg='#555555')
        mid.grid(column=1, row=0, sticky='news', padx=2, pady=2)

        right = tk.Frame(mid_container, bg='#555555')
        right.grid(column=2, row=0, sticky='news', padx=2, pady=2)
 
        # Footer Frame
        footerframe = tk.Frame(container, bg='#333333')
        footerframe.grid(column=0, row=3, sticky='sew')
        footerframe.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=3)

        # Simple header label
        header = tk.Label(container, text='Main Page')
        header['font'] = ('cursive', 30, 'bold')
        header['bg'] = '#333333'
        header['fg'] = 'whitesmoke'
        header['relief'] = 'solid'
        header['borderwidth'] = 1
        header.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='new', ipady=10)

        # Create our links using labels. Bind links to give a hover effect
        self.login_label = tk.Label(links, text='Login', fg='blue', bg='white', cursor='hand2')
        self.login_label['font'] = (None, 12, 'normal')
        self.login_label.grid(column=0, row=0, padx=5, pady=5)
        self.login_label.bind('<Enter>', lambda label: self.link_on(self.login_label))
        self.login_label.bind('<Leave>', lambda label: self.link_off(self.login_label))
        
        self.logout_label = tk.Label(links, text='Logout', fg='blue', bg='white', cursor='hand2')
        self.logout_label['font'] = (None, 12, 'normal')
        self.logout_label.grid(column=1, row=0, padx=5, pady=5)
        self.logout_label.bind('<Enter>', lambda label: self.link_on(self.logout_label))
        self.logout_label.bind('<Leave>', lambda label: self.link_off(self.logout_label))

        self.register_label = tk.Label(links, text='Register', fg='blue', bg='white', cursor='hand2')
        self.register_label['font'] = (None, 12, 'normal')
        self.register_label.grid(column=2, row=0, padx=5, pady=5)
        self.register_label.bind('<Enter>', lambda label: self.link_on(self.register_label))
        self.register_label.bind('<Leave>', lambda label: self.link_off(self.register_label))

        self.exit_label = tk.Label(linksframe, text='Exit', fg='orangered', bg='white', cursor='hand2')
        self.exit_label['font'] = (None, 12, 'normal')
        self.exit_label.grid(column=2, row=0, padx=(5,10), pady=5, sticky='e')
        self.exit_label.bind('<Enter>', self.exit_enter)
        self.exit_label.bind('<Leave>', self.exit_leave)       

        # The user/admin frame is hidden until logged in
        adminlabel = tk.Label(self.adminframe, text='Admin stuff here', bg='white')
        adminlabel['font'] = (None, 12, 'normal')
        adminlabel.grid(column=0, row=0, padx=5, pady=5, sticky='new')

        label = tk.Label(left, text='Users On', bg='#555555', fg='whitesmoke')
        label['font'] = ('tk.HEADER', 16, 'bold')
        label.grid(column=0, columnspan=2, row=0, sticky='new', pady=(1, 2))

        # A Treeview for viewing users
        self.listbox = tk.Listbox(spacer, bg='#333333', fg='antiquewhite')
        self.listbox['font'] = 'tk.MENU'
        self.listbox['relief'] = 'flat'
        self.listbox['borderwidth'] = 0
        self.listbox['highlightbackground'] = '#333333'
        self.listbox['highlightcolor'] = '#333333'
        self.listbox.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='news')

        # Scrollbar for list
        left_scroll = tk.Scrollbar(left, orient='vertical', bg='#555555')
        left_scroll['activebackground'] = '#777777'
        left_scroll.grid(column=1, row=1, sticky='ns')
        self.listbox.config(yscrollcommand = left_scroll.set)
        left_scroll.config(command=self.listbox.yview)


        # Setup the footer
        self.footer = tk.Label(footerframe, text='my-python.org')
        self.footer['bg'] = '#333333'
        self.footer['fg'] = '#cecece'
        self.footer['font'] = ('cursive', 14, 'normal')
        self.footer['cursor'] = 'hand2'
        self.footer.grid(column=0, row=2, ipady=5)
        self.footer.bind('<Enter>', lambda event: self.footer_on(self.footer))
        self.footer.bind('<Leave>', lambda event: self.footer_off(self.footer))

    # These methods provide the hover effects
    def link_on(self, label):
        label['fg'] = 'orangered'

    def link_off(self, label):
        label['fg'] = 'blue'

    def exit_enter(self, event):
        self.exit_label['fg'] = 'red'

    def exit_leave(self, event):
        self.exit_label['fg'] = 'tomato'

    def footer_on(self, label):
        label['fg'] = '#ffffff'

    def footer_off(self, label):
        label['fg'] = '#cecece'


class LoginForm:
    def __init__(self, parent):
        self.parent = parent
        self.window = tk.Toplevel(None)
        self.window.title('Login Form')
        self.window.minsize(800,200)
        self.window.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
        self.window.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)

        container = tk.Frame(self.window, bg='#555555')
        container.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='new', padx=5, pady=5)
        container.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=3)

        formframe = tk.Frame(container, bg='#555555')
        formframe.grid(column=0, row=1, sticky='new', pady=10)

        btnframe = tk.Frame(container, bg='#555555')
        btnframe.grid(column=0, row=2, sticky='new', pady=5)

        # Simple header label
        header = tk.Label(container, text='Main Page')
        header['font'] = ('cursive', 30, 'bold')
        header['bg'] = '#333333'
        header['fg'] = 'whitesmoke'
        header['relief'] = 'solid'
        header['borderwidth'] = 1
        header.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='new', ipady=10)

        # Create the form headers and fields
        label = tk.Label(formframe, text='Email:', bg='#555555', fg='white', anchor='w')
        label['font'] = (None, 12, 'bold')
        label.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='new', pady=4, padx=2)

        label = tk.Label(formframe, text='Password:', bg='#555555', fg='white', anchor='w')
        label['font'] = (None, 12, 'bold')
        label.grid(column=0, row=1, sticky='new', pady=4, padx=2)

        self.user = tk.Entry(formframe, font=(None, 12, 'normal'))
        self.user.focus()
        self.user.grid(column=1, row=0, sticky='new', pady=4, padx=2)

        self.passwd = tk.Entry(formframe, show='*', font=(None, 12, 'normal'))
        self.passwd.grid(column=1, row=1, sticky='new', pady=4, padx=2)

        # Create the buttons
        self.loginbtn = tk.Button(btnframe, text='Login', bg='#BCD4E6', fg='black')
        self.loginbtn['activebackground'] = '#6CA0DC'
        self.loginbtn['activeforeground'] = 'white'
        self.loginbtn['font'] = (None, 12, 'normal')
        self.loginbtn['cursor'] = 'hand2'
        self.loginbtn['highlightbackground'] = 'black'
        self.loginbtn['highlightcolor'] = 'black'
        self.loginbtn.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='new', padx=5, pady=5)

        self.cancelbtn = tk.Button(btnframe, text='Cancel', bg='tomato', fg='black')
        self.cancelbtn['font'] = (None, 12, 'normal')
        self.cancelbtn['activebackground'] = 'orangered'
        self.cancelbtn['activeforeground'] = 'white'
        self.cancelbtn['cursor'] = 'hand2'
        self.cancelbtn['highlightbackground'] = 'black'
        self.cancelbtn['highlightcolor'] = 'black'
        self.cancelbtn.grid(column=1, row=0, sticky='new', padx=5, pady=5)

        self.msg = tk.Label(container, bg='#555555', fg='white', font=(None, 12, 'bold'))
        self.msg.grid(column=0, row=3, sticky='new')
                

class RegisterForm:
    def __init__(self, parent):
        self.parent = parent
        self.window = tk.Toplevel(None)
        self.window.title('Registration Form')
        self.window.minsize(800,250)
        self.window.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
        self.window.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)

        container = tk.Frame(self.window, bg='#555555')
        container.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='new', padx=5, pady=5)
        container.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=3)

        formframe = tk.Frame(container, bg='#555555')
        formframe.grid(column=0, row=1, sticky='new', pady=10)
        

        btnframe = tk.Frame(container, bg='#555555')
        btnframe.grid(column=0, row=2, sticky='new', pady=5)

        # Simple header label
        header = tk.Label(container, text='Registration Page')
        header['font'] = ('cursive', 30, 'bold')
        header['bg'] = '#333333'
        header['fg'] = 'whitesmoke'
        header['relief'] = 'solid'
        header['borderwidth'] = 1
        header.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='new', ipady=10)

        # Create Field Headers
        label = tk.Label(formframe, text='Name:', bg='#555555', fg='white', anchor='w', pady=5, font=(None, 12, 'bold'))
        label.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='new', pady=5)
        label = tk.Label(formframe, text='Email:', bg='#555555', fg='white', anchor='w', pady=5, font=(None, 12, 'bold'))
        label.grid(column=0, row=1, sticky='new', pady=5)
        label = tk.Label(formframe, text='Password:', bg='#555555', fg='white', anchor='w', pady=5, font=(None, 12, 'bold'))
        label.grid(column=0, row=2, sticky='new', pady=5)

        #Create Fields
        self.name = tk.Entry(formframe, font=(None, 12, 'normal'))
        self.name.grid(column=1, row=0, sticky='new', pady=5, padx=5)
        self.email = tk.Entry(formframe, font=(None, 12, 'normal'))
        self.email.grid(column=1, row=1, sticky='new', pady=5, padx=5)
        self.password = tk.Entry(formframe, font=(None, 12, 'normal'))
        self.password.grid(column=1, row=2, sticky='new', pady=5, padx=5)

        # Create the buttons
        self.registerbtn = tk.Button(btnframe, text='Register', bg='#BCD4E6', fg='black')
        self.registerbtn['activebackground'] = '#6CA0DC'
        self.registerbtn['activeforeground'] = 'white'
        self.registerbtn['font'] = (None, 12, 'normal')
        self.registerbtn['cursor'] = 'hand2'
        self.registerbtn['highlightbackground'] = 'black'
        self.registerbtn['highlightcolor'] = 'black'
        self.registerbtn.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='new', padx=5, pady=5)

        self.cancelbtn = tk.Button(btnframe, text='Cancel', bg='tomato', fg='black')
        self.cancelbtn['font'] = (None, 12, 'normal')
        self.cancelbtn['activebackground'] = 'orangered'
        self.cancelbtn['activeforeground'] = 'white'
        self.cancelbtn['cursor'] = 'hand2'
        self.cancelbtn['highlightbackground'] = 'black'
        self.cancelbtn['highlightcolor'] = 'black'
        self.cancelbtn.grid(column=1, row=0, sticky='new', padx=5, pady=5)

        self.msg = tk.Label(container, font=(None, 14, 'bold'), fg='white')
        self.msg.grid(column=0, row=3, sticky='new')


class Controller:
    '''
    Controll class handles all communication between the classes
    '''
    def __init__(self, database, window, loginform, registerform):
        # Set some class variables
        self.database = database
        self.database.create()
        self.window = window
        self.loginform = loginform
        self.registerform = registerform
        self.id = None

        # This hides the user/admin frame upon script start
        self.window.adminframe.grid_remove()

        # Withdraw login and register forms
        self.loginform.window.withdraw()
        self.registerform.window.withdraw()

        # Window Link Commands
        self.window.login_label.bind('<Button-1>', self.loginpage)
        self.window.logout_label.bind('<Button-1>', self.logout)
        self.window.register_label.bind('<Button-1>', self.registerpage)
        self.window.exit_label.bind('<Button-1>', self.terminate)
        self.loginform.window.protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW', lambda: self.close(self.loginform.window))
        self.registerform.window.protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW', lambda: self.close(self.registerform.window))
        self.window.footer.bind('<Button-1>', self.link)

        # Button Commands
        self.loginform.cancelbtn['command'] = lambda: self.close(self.loginform.window)
        self.loginform.loginbtn['command'] = self.login
        self.registerform.registerbtn['command'] = self.register
        self.registerform.cancelbtn['command'] = lambda: self.close(self.registerform.window)
  
        self.userson()

    def userson(self):
        users = self.database.getall()
        self.window.listbox['state'] = 'normal'
        self.window.listbox.delete(0, 'end')
        for index, user in enumerate(users):
            self.window.listbox.insert(index, f' {user[1]}')
        self.window.listbox['state'] = 'disabled'
        self.window.parent.after(1000, self.userson)

    def link(self, event):
        webbrowser.open('http://my-python.org')

    def loginpage(self, event):
        ''' Pulls up the login form and withdraws the main window '''
        self.loginform.msg['text'] = ''
        self.loginform.user.delete(0, 'end')
        self.loginform.passwd.delete(0, 'end')
        self.window.parent.withdraw()
        self.loginform.window.deiconify()

    def login(self):
        '''
        Method for getting the email and password from the loginform class form.
        Checks if the fields are empty, and if the user and email are in the database.
        Displays the appropiate message if error. If all is good, withdraws the login form,
        clears the fields and returns to the main window showing the user/admin content.
        '''
        user, password = self.loginform.user.get(), self.loginform.passwd.get()
        self.update()

        if user.lower().strip() == '' or password.strip() == '':
            self.loginform.msg['text'] = 'Either email or password is empty.'
            self.loginform.msg['bg'] = '#333333'

        elif not self.database.login(user, password):
            self.loginform.user.focus()
            self.loginform.msg['text'] = 'Either email or password is incorrect. Please try again.'
            self.loginform.msg['bg'] = '#333333'

        else:
            self.window.adminframe.grid()
            self.update()
            self.close(self.loginform.window)

    def update(self):
        ''' Method resets all the form msg text and clears fields. '''
        self.loginform.msg['text'] = ''
        self.loginform.msg['bg'] = '#555555'
        self.loginform.user.delete(0, 'end')
        self.loginform.passwd.delete(0, 'end')

        self.registerform.msg['text'] = ''
        self.registerform.msg['bg'] = '#555555'
        self.registerform.name.delete(0, 'end')
        self.registerform.email.delete(0, 'end')
        self.registerform.password.delete(0, 'end')

    def logout(self, event):
        ''' Logs out the user and hides the user/admin frame '''
        self.window.adminframe.grid_remove()
        
    def registerpage(self, event):
        ''' Method withdraws main window and pulls up regustration form '''
        self.window.parent.withdraw()
        self.registerform.window.deiconify()
        self.registerform.msg['bg'] = '#555555'
        self.registerform.msg['text'] = ''

    def register(self):
        ''' Method gets values from the register form and checks if all fields are entered
            and does a simple check of email format
        '''
        name, email, password = self.registerform.name.get(), self.registerform.email.get(), self.registerform.password.get()
        if name == '' or email == '' or password == '':
            self.registerform.msg['text'] = 'All fields are required'
            self.registerform.msg['bg'] = '#333333'
        else:
            try:
                self.database.register(name, email, password)
            except sq.IntegrityError as error:
                if 'constraint' in str(error) and 'customer.email' in str(error):
                    self.registerform.msg['text'] = 'That email already exist in the database.'
                    self.registerform.msg['bg'] = '#333333'
                    self.registerform.email.delete(0, 'end')
                elif 'CHECK' in str(error):
                    self.registerform.msg['text'] = 'That is not a valid email.'
                    self.registerform.msg['bg'] = '#333333'
                    self.registerform.email.delete(0, 'end')
                else:
                    self.registerform.msg['text'] = 'An unkwon error has occurred'
                    self.registerform.msg['bg'] = '#333333'
            else:
                self.registerform.name.delete(0, 'end')
                self.registerform.email.delete(0, 'end')
                self.registerform.password.delete(0, 'end')
                self.registerform.window.withdraw()
                self.loginform.window.deiconify()
        
    def terminate(self,event):
        ''' Method destroys root window and ends script. '''
        self.window.parent.destroy()

    def close(self, window):
        ''' Method is used to withdraw various toplevel windows and returns the main window. '''
        window.withdraw()
        self.update()
        self.window.parent.deiconify()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    root = tk.Tk()
    root['pady'] = 5
    root['padx'] = 5
    img = urlopen('https://my-python.org/images/code-forum/light/light_on.png')
    data = img.read()
    image = tk.PhotoImage(data=data)
    root.wm_iconphoto(True, image)
    controller = Controller(Database(), Window(root), LoginForm(root), RegisterForm(root))
    controller.database.create()
    root.mainloop()
 

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