Re: Are PHP5 features worth it?
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:05:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Are PHP5 features worth it? | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 11:49 +0100, Jochem Maas wrote:
> >
> > How about iterators? You can have objects that look like arrays yet they take
> > much less memory:
> >
> > $rs = $db->query($select); # query the db
> > foreach ($rs as $row) { # fetch the row
> > whatever($row);
> > }
>
> ah yes - good catch, I do like iterators for keeping code nice and tight.
I don't what you guys did in PHP4, but I do the following:
<?php
if( $db->query( $query ) )
{
while( ($row = $db->fetchRow()) )
{
whatever( $row );
}
}
?>
I fail to see the need for an iterator. But, I'll grant you, proper
destructor support is nice.
Cheers,
Rob.
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