+1 Me too ;)
Plus with all the new OO form stuff, it makes sense to have dedicated helper classes for theses things. Everything can be nicely encapsulated... Simon On May 9, 12:17 am, John Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 > > Totally. I always prefer static methods inside classes, anyway. You > can take advantage of constants and all of that good stuff without > having to pollute the namespace. > > On May 8, 2008, at 2:40 PM, Sebastian Busch wrote: > > > > > +1 > > > I'd also like to have simple, static class methods as helpers. > > > In that case, autoloading can also be used (which is a huge step > > forward compared to plain helper functions, having to call > > use_helper() is an outdated concept, annoying and error-prone (hey > > helper functions, sorry, I like you anyway ;-)) > > > Being able to override this stuff is also a great advantage. > > > Sebastian > > > 2008/5/8 naholyr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> By the way, having "Url::linkTo" instead of "link_to" wouldn't be > >> such > >> a pain (especially if you have a sfCompat10 option which still > >> provides functions as wrappers). > >> And this would permit overriding, if this is made like Model for > >> example : > > >> .Symfony directory > >> ...lib > >> .....helper > >> .......sfUrl.php <-- class sfUrl with all the Url helper methods > >> .......Url.php <-- class Url which just extends sfUrl > > >> Which would allow to do like that to extend standard helper : > >> .Project directory > >> ...lib > >> .....helper > >> .......Url.php <-- my own version of Url helper, which extends sfUrl > >> and maybe redefines or add some features :) > > >> On 8 mai, 22:08, Fabien POTENCIER <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> project.com> wrote: > >>> James wrote: > >>>> Weird I thought I had read in the mailing list that they were not > >>>> going to be. Are some helpers being removed? > > >>> The plan was to removed them and replace them with classes but we > >>> run > >>> out of time to make it happen in 1.1. > > >>> Fabien > > >>>> James > > >>>> On May 8, 2008, at 3:54 PM, Fabien POTENCIER wrote: > > >>>>> Helpers are available in symfony 1.1 > > >>>>> Fabien > > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Fabien Potencier > >>>>> Sensio CEO - symfony lead developer > >>>>> sensiolabs.com | symfony-project.com | aide-de-camp.org > >>>>> Tél: +33 1 40 99 80 80 > > >>>>> James wrote: > >>>>>> Hello, > > >>>>>> I haven't started developing on 1.1 yet and probably won't for > >>>>>> some > >>>>>> time, but I am wondering what the thinking was behind not having > >>>>>> helpers? I personally really like them and find them handy for > >>>>>> a lot > >>>>>> of things. > > >>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>> James --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
