SFML game programming

[MrMode]

Hello, just started gusing SFML library to create a game, its not really importat question, but if some1 would find time to help me out it would be apriciated.

The question is, how do i launch a projectile from current player destination, in the direction which it last moved. direction is not that imporatat cause later just gonna add some boolean values to see in wich direction it moved, problem is that i cant figure out how to get current player coordinates in 2d field, and how to launch a projectile, that i would be seen for period of time, (travel disntance)

  //-----main.cpp
#include "SFML/Graphics.hpp"
#include "Player.h"
#include "FireSpell.h"
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
	int windowWidth = 800;
	int windowHeight = 600;

	sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(windowWidth, windowHeight), "The game");

	Player player1(windowWidth / 2, windowHeight / 2);
	
	FireSpell fireSpell();

	while (window.isOpen())
	{
		sf::Event event;
		while (window.pollEvent(event))
		{
			if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
			{
				window.close();
			}
		}
		if (sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::A))
		{
			player1.moveLeft();
		}
		if (sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::D))
		{
			player1.moveRight();
		}
		if (sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::W))
		{
			player1.moveUp();
		}
		if (sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::S))
		{
			player1.moveDown();
		}
		

		player1.update();
		window.clear(sf::Color::Blue);
		window.draw(player1.getShape());
		window.display();
	}

	return 0;
}

//-----player.h
#pragma once
#include "SFML/Graphics.hpp"

class Player
{
private:
	sf::Vector2f position;
	sf::RectangleShape PlayerSquere;
	float playerSpeed = 0.5f;
public:
	Player(float startX, float startY);
	
	sf::FloatRect getPosition();
	sf::RectangleShape getShape();

	void moveLeft();
	void moveRight();
	void moveUp();
	void moveDown();

	void update();

};

//-----player.cpp
#include "Player.h"

Player::Player(float startX, float startY)
{
	position.x = startX;
	position.y = startY;

	PlayerSquere.setSize(sf::Vector2f(20, 20));
	PlayerSquere.setPosition(position);
}

sf::FloatRect Player::getPosition()
{
	return PlayerSquere.getGlobalBounds();
}
sf::RectangleShape Player::getShape()
{
	return PlayerSquere;
}

////MOVEMENT
void Player::moveLeft()
{
	position.x -= playerSpeed;
}
void Player::moveRight()
{
	position.x += playerSpeed;
}
void Player::moveUp()
{
	position.y -= playerSpeed;
}
void Player::moveDown()
{
	position.y += playerSpeed;
}

//Update players position
void Player::update()
{
	PlayerSquere.setPosition(position);
}

//getPostition x and y
float getPositionX()
{
	return 
}

//----firespell.h

pragma once
#include "SFML/Graphics.hpp"

class FireSpell
{
private:
	sf::Vector2f direction;
	sf::Vector2f speed;
	int distance;
	bool active;
public:
	FireSpell(float x, float y, bool active);

	sf::RectangleShape getShape();

	bool active();
	void moveLeft();
	void moveRight();
	void moveUp();
	void moveDown();

	void update();
};

//---firespell.cpp
#include "FireSpell.h"
#include "Player.h"

FireSpell::FireSpell(float x, float y, bool active)
{
	if (active == true)
	{

	}
	
	
}

Thank you in advance if someone is bored and can help out

[Thomas1965]

Why don't you use getPosition from the Player class ?

[nuderobmonkey]

For letting a projectile moving for a distinct time you could add a lifetime variable to the projectile, which you could decrease at each time step, until it is <= 0.