Re: Constructors with multiple methods

"creating from scratch or loading from a database" sounds like you want a registry or service locator. Otherwise, you should encapsulate object instantiation in factory methods/classes On 4/11/07, Damien <damien.b@koalatelecom.com.au> wrote:

Hi all, Say you may want to create an instance in multiple ways, such as creating from scratch or loading from a database. Is something like this normal for creating an instance? class Foo { function Foo($method) {

    switch ($method) {
      default:
        $method = 'create';
      case 'create':
      case 'load':
        $args = func_get_args();
        array_shift($args);
        if (!call_user_func_array(array(&$this, $method), $args)) {
          $this = false;
        }
    }

} function create()

    ... // Returns false on failure; true otherwise.

function load($id)

    ... // Returns false on failure; true otherwise.

function save()

    ... // Saves to database.

} What are other people doing to instantiate their objects? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php