Re: Re: classes v. functions

I'm quite new to OOP myself, but these two articles helped my understanding a lot See the sidebar - Classes and Object Oriented Programming http://webreference.com/perl/xhoo/php1/5.html Taking PHP the OO way http://phpmag.net/itr/online_artikel/psecom,id,284,nodeid,114.html olinux --- Sam Baum <idsam@gmx.de> wrote: > 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 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com