mysql_connect('localhost', 'root');

class baseClass {
        public $nodeID;
}
class extendClass extends baseClass {
        public $meta;
        public function load() {
                $result = mysql_query("SELECT nodeID,meta FROM
                        csystem.node_blob
                        WHERE nodeID=22011");
                echo mysql_error();
                $obj = mysql_fetch_object($result, 'extendClass');
                //$this->test = $obj;
                print_r($obj);
                return $obj;
        }
}

$obj = new extendClass();
$obj->load();
echo "<br><br>";
print_r($obj);
echo "<hr>";
highlight_string(file_get_contents($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']));


output, if the comment isn't there:
extendClass Object ( [meta] => a:11:{s:8:"headline";s:18:"Gifts and Bequests";s:14:"published_date";s:9:"6/24/2005";s:13:"published_day";s:34:"From the issue dated June 24, 2005";s:8:"filename";s:12:"42a03601.htm";s:6:"byline";s:0:"";s:8:"dateline";s:0:"";s:7:"section";s:7:"Gazette";s:6:"volume";s:2:"51";s:5:"issue";s:2:"42";s:8:"filetype";s:15:"WeeklyNewsStory";s:10:"collection";s:11:"Weekly News";} [nodeID] => 22011 )

extendClass Object ( [meta] => [nodeID] => )