Re: green bean question on singleton php5
| From: | Eric Butera | Date: | Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:47:05 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: green bean question on singleton php5 | ||
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On Jan 16, 2008 4:13 PM, Nathan Nobbe <quickshiftin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2008 3:59 PM, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote:
>
> > given that dbaccess doesn't extend mysqli instantiation of dbaccess is
> > completely
> > pointless no?
>
>
> i dont know; i think using an instance of dbaccess to control a single
> instance of the
> mysqli class is appropriate. personally, i wouldnt extend mysqli unless i
> had a good
> reason to. i would probly only rationalize this if i wanted to override
> some of the behavior
> in a specific way, or extend it in some meaningful way (even then i might
> use composition).
> if that isnt the intention i think composition is the best choice for the
> singleton.
> more a matter of preference than anything i suppose. at least i cant think
> of a better reason
> to argue for composition.
>
>
> > no idea what you mean
>
>
> ya; some of these posts from you are a little hard to understand, julian.
>
> -nathan
>
I still don't understand the obsession of a singleton in regards to a
db connection. Using a registry is a much better practice I think.