RE: [PHP] oo question

Kelly Hallman <mailto:khallman@ultrafancy.com> on Monday, April 19, 2004 12:34 PM said: > I think what you're talking about here is encapsulation. in that case what is abstraction? >> PROPOSED CHANGE: >> class Customer { >> ... >> function initialize_customer($customer_id) { >> // grab data from db >> $this->fname = $...[0]['fname']; >> $this->lname = $...[0]['lname']; >> $this->age = $...[0]['age']; } i see my code has been run through the kellytron 5000. ;) > class Customer { > > var $res = array(); what does $res stand for? result? > var $id, $fname, $lname; > > function Customer($id=null) { > $id === null || $this->initCustomer($id); } what is the above line equivalent to and why is '$id == null' not sufficient? > My point: it's redundant to have $obj->fname and $obj->firstName(), > and may encourage mixing the way you access the object data from your > code, which could potentially defeat the purpose of the get/set > method. i see what you mean. thanks, chris.