If you want to get into some handy PHP coding, I'd recommend checking
out the Zend framework. If you're doing any sort of development
(whether CSS, Javascript, or PHP), you should be using a framework.
-Eric
On Oct 14, 1:42 pm, VirtuosiMedia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One of the things I've really liked about writing MooTools classes is
> the syntax. After spending about a solid month working exclusively on
> MooTools classes, when I went back to some PHP, I found I really
> missed the options syntax for the class constructor, so I decided to
> try to implement Moo-style options for PHP classes. This isn't really
> anything special, but since it's inspired by MooTools, I thought I
> would share because someone might find it interesting.
>
> The options class:
>
> <?php
> class VMClass {
>
> // @var array $options - The generic options array for which
> extending classes should set default values
> public $options = array();
>
> /**
> * Description: The setOptions method should be called in the
> constructor of an extending class
> * @param array $options - The options array resets any default
> options present in the class
> * @return - $this
> */
> protected function setOptions($options) {
> if (is_array($options)){
> foreach ($options as $key => $value){
> $this->options[$key] = $value;
> }
> $this->options = $this->arrayToObject($this->options);
> }
> return $this;
> }
>
> /**
> * Description: Recursively returns an array as an object, for easier
> syntax
> * Credit: Mithras
> @http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.object.php#85237
> * @param array $array - The array to return as an object
> * @return - The object converted from the array
> */
> public function arrayToObject(array $array){
> foreach ($array as $key => $value){
> if (is_array($value)) $array[$key] =
> $this->arrayToObject($value);
>
> }
> return (object) $array;
> }}
>
> ?>
>
> A silly test class that extends the above class:
>
> <?php
> class TestClass extends VMClass {
>
> public $options = array(
> 'name' => array('first'=>'Fred',
> 'last'=>'Flintstone'),
> 'question' =>'How are you?',
> 'useQuestion' => TRUE
> );
>
> function __construct($options = null){
> $this->setOptions($options);
> }
>
> public function greet($salutation){
> echo $salutation.', '.$this->options->name->first.'
> '.$this->options->name->last.'. ';
>
> if ($this->options->useQuestion) echo
> $this->options->question;
> }}
>
> ?>
>
> And finally, a simple test case of our test class:
>
> <?php
> include('vmclass.php');
> include('testclass.php');
> $options = array('question'=>'Que pasa?', 'useQuestion'=>TRUE);
> $foo = new TestClass($options);
> $foo->greet('Howdy');
> $foo->options->name->first = 'Wilma';
> $foo->options->useQuestion = FALSE;
> $foo->greet('Bonjour');
> ?>
