Re: Beginner Tutorials for using CLASSES in PHP4

On 10/9/07, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: > Certainly you'll notice I've extended the original class, > overriden the __wakeup() call and basically used inheritance > and polymorphism to my advantage. Noticed. :-) I said a *little* more difficult. Of course, I could declare the class final, but then that ends any chance at inheritance. > I would argue that this kind of tampering isn't worth checking for on > every unserialize. I haven't done much with PHP objects (other than built-in objects), and can't recall a case where I've used serialize/unserialize for anything other than to inspect variables before functions like var_dump during development. In that case, your example concerns me more with what other developers might try to do to circumvent protections built into an object. It's a good argument for not storing objects in anything persistent, like session variables, though, since those are serialized/unserialized on every page and often stored in the physical file system. Honestly, it all seems a bit extreme. At some point, you have to trust the people you work with not to go to such lengths to violate an objects contract -- which I guess goes back to Tony's point whether the language "enforces" private members/functions or whether they are simply regarded that way by the developers using them. I would prefer both, honestly. :) Andrew