On Monday, April 09, 2007 3:51 PM Jochem Maas
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Thanks for the response Jochem.
> Chris W. Parker wrote:
[snip]
> you probably only want one DB call to
> populate the User object with all the relevant
> user data at the point where the object is created.
[snip]
Ok. I see what you're saying. If I populate all that data during the
constructor why would I ever call the function again right?
[snip]
>> As I started to write this and use it I get the feeling that there
>> should also be an Event class that is extended by the User class.
>> Reason
>
> if you use an Event class then it should just represent an Event (and
> a User object would [probably] contain an array of Event objects).
> AFAICT there is no good reason to have Event extend User.
I see.
>> being that each User object is a reference to the currently logged in
>> user, not anyone else.
>
> the User class is merely a representation of *a* user - you can
> use an instance for the currently logged in user, but that doesn't
> stop you from using the same class to model the collection of users
> that fall under a given manager.
I see.
> // you might need to f around with returning references here,
> // (I can never quite get that right without a bit of trial and error
> in php4) function getEmployees()
> {
> // consider caching the result?
> $emps = array();
> if ($this->is_manager) {
>
> // get user data from db
> $sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE
manager_id={$this->id}";
>
> // error checking?
> $db =& DB::singleton();
> $db->execute($sql);
> while ($data = $db->getRow())
> $emps[] =& new User($data);
> }
>
> return $emps;
> }
How do I reference a User object within the $emps array?
Is it like $emps[0]->accrual ?
Thanks,
Chris.
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