Re: Extending a class with a static constructur (like PEAR::DB)

weston@leary.csoft.net wrote:

Ahhh! I'd kept thinking what connect() returned was a db object, but it does look like it returns varying objects depending on which database you're using.

correct

Maybe I'd want to extend DB_common instead of DB_mysql, so that the methods would be inhereted by any object?

But DB_mysql will not inherit from your object! Look at the source: class DB_mysql extends DB_common {...} If you inherit from a class, the parent class will not inherit your (the child classes) methods. If a class should inherit from your object, it must explicitly inherit from that class. Best regards Andreas