RE: [PHP] Object aggregation/composition - Experimental..?

On 25 November 2003 18:48, Video Populares et Optimates contributed these pearls of wisdom: > Hi! > > I'm sifting through the possibilities with PHP and naturally > one of the first things I searched for was the possibility > for OO development. Now, I found chapter LXXII in the PHP > manual (file generated Sun Oct 05 02:13:52 2003), but it has > quite an ugly warning clause in the top: "Warning This > extension is experimental [...] may change without notice in > a future release of PHP. Use this extension at your own risk." > In the chapter "Classes and Objects" (under "Language > Reference") I found no such warning however. > > Now, OO dev. is what I really want in order to make any good > use of PHP in the future, so this made me a bit confused. > Does anyone know whether this extension is/will be a part of > the core language? I'm not an OO guru, but I believe that the aggregation extension is withdrawn in PHP5 because there are similar features as part of the core language. I would suggest you take a look at http://www.php.net/zend-engine-2.php to get a clue about where PHP5 is heading. > Thanks for any input, and bare me with me I'd prefer not to take my clothes off with you, thanks -- but I'm happy to bear with your learning curve! > as I'm pretty new > (but learning fast ;-) ) in the PHP community... Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211