Re: When to make a class

There's really no reason making classes for those (unless you'd like to write an entire HTML class and its children - I'd be happy to use it!). Matt "Todd Cary" <todd@aristesoftware.com> wrote in message news:DB.E6.56276.13688834@pb1.pair.com... > My background is in Object Oriented Pascal (Delphi), however I am having > difficulty knowing when to make a class in PHP. For instance, in my > script file, functions.php, I have these functions among others: > > /* Input a field */ > function input_field($name, $value, $size, $max) { > echo('<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="' . $name . '" > VALUE="' . $value . > '" SIZE="' . $size . '" MAXLENGTH="' . $max . > '">'); > }; > > /* Input a password field */ > function input_password_field($name, $value, $size, $max) { > echo('<INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="' . $name . '" > VALUE="' . $value . > '" SIZE="' . $size . '" MAXLENGTH="' . $max . > '">'); > }; > > > Should I have a class that contains these functions (methods)? > > One of my non-profit clients would like to have an online emailer program > driven by a MySQL database. This I can envision as a class, actually > several classes (e.g. send mail, create message, select addresses, etc.). > > Todd