Hi,
I myself never really create classes to use in my projects, if I ever use
classes its only because they come from someone else (eg phpclasses.org), I
find using the non OO approach much easier to understand.
Just my 2 cents.
Cheers,
-Ryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Baum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 11:59 AM
Subject: [PHP] Re: classes v. functions
> Hi,
>
> am Friday 18 July 2003 23:08 schrieb Andu:
>
> > This may show my ignorance or my refusal to take for granted something I
> > don't fully understand but I have a hard time figuring out the advantage
> > of using classes as opposed to just functions. I am certainly new to php
> > and at first sight classes seemed to cut a lot of corners but so do
> > functions (with which I have more experience). The more I read about
> > classes the deeper the confusion. Anyone can enlighten me?
>
> Im programming for a few years now in PHP. After trying to use classes i
> dont see their point either. In most cases if i need a class-like
structure
> i do something like this:
>
> function thing_new() {
> return ++$GLOBALS['thing_resource'];
> }
>
> function thing_put($stuff, $res=NULL) {
> if (is_null($res)) $res = $GLOBALS['thing_resource'];
> $GLOBALS['thing_stuff'][$res] = $stuff;
> }
>
> function thing_get($stuff, $res=NULL) {
> if (is_null($res)) $res = $GLOBALS['thing_resource'];
> return $GLOBALS['thing_stuff'][$res];
> }
>
> Because there is no constraint to be more OO like in Java it doesnt makes
> sense. And this way you are more flexible.
>
>
> bg
>
> Sam
>
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