Re: OO Theory Question

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:03:56 -0600, Jed R. Brubaker <jrb21398@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi all! I could use some perspective on a project that I am currently > working on. > > I am trying to utilize OO to make my PHP easier, but I keep running into > problems that revolve around the stateless nature of the web. > > Consider the following: I have a login class that is instantiated at the top > of every page. It can log you in, check to see if you are logged in, etc. > This class has an assortment of class variables such as userID, userType, > etc. > > It would be great if I could make a reference to $login->userType on any > given page, but I run into errors as the login class gets reinstantiated on > every page. > > A solution is to set all of these variables into $_SESSION, but the appeal > of classes is that I might be able to maintain all of my information in a > related location, and not in the session. > > I am sure that this is a problem that many of you more experienced (than I) > developers have run into. Is there a solution? And ideas? > Instead of re-instantiating the object, store it in the session. if($loginSuccessful) { $_SESSION['authObj'] = new AuthObj($loginUsername); or $_SESSION['authObj'] =& $existingAuthObj; } -- DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder paperCrane --Justin Patrin--