RE: [PHP] OOP vs procedural

Thanks for your feedback. Hardik --- Ernest E Vogelsinger <ernest@vogelsinger.at> wrote: > At 16:49 07.05.2003, Hardik Doshi spoke out and > said: > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > >I have a question on OOP. > > > >What you guys are using for calling functions > withing > >class? I am putting functions in class and calling > it > >by classname::function name (place where there is > no > >need to create an object). Is it the correct way to > >calling it? I thought there is no need to allocate > >memory for the object of class. > > > >Please give your thoughts. > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > > This is a valid method and used widely in other oop > languages as well. > Class methods that do not necessarily need an object > instance (they lack a > valid $this object) are called static methods. You > can always call a static > methods as classname::methodname(params). > > Differing to "real" OOP languages, PHP doesn't have > the capability of > declaring static class methods, you need to work > this out yourself. You may > always check for the $this variable; usually when it > exists (isset) then > the object has been called non-static. > > I say "usually" because if any object instance calls > another class method > in a static way, the $this variable will propagate > into the static method - > unfortunately. Hope this will change with PHP5. > > > -- > >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger > (\) ICQ #13394035 > ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com