Re: Confusion with objects

On Wednesday 07 August 2002 19:46, Michael Egan wrote: > I've finally decided to try and implement some limited objects with a new > project - beginning with a connection to the database itself. However, > it's not working as I would have expected. If you're doing this for the fun of it then go ahead. If not, I suggest using one of the numerous classes out there which does this type of stuff. > Provided the correct parameters were passed to the function the connection > would be established and the function would return a positive value. I > would have thought the same logic would apply if housing the function > within a class such as: > > > class Db > { > > function DbConnect() > { > > $result = @mysql_connect($host, $user, $password'); > > if(!$result) > return false; > else > return true; > > } > > } > > Yet, when trying to test this the latter function seems to return a > positive value irrespective of the information contained in variables such > as $host and $user. mysql_connect() uses some builtin default values for $host, $user & $password if they're not provided. > This might seem a minor issue but it's driving me nuts. I know the above > object is not written in the most elegant manner but I'm trying to > understand the basics of this. I'm sure I'm missing something idiotically > simple but what is it? The correct way to do the test is: if($result === FALSE) return false; else return true; -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* Plumber mistook routing panel for decorative wall fixture */