Re: Registry class question.

On 26 February 2010 20:17, Peter van der Does <pvanderdoes@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've build a registry class to store settings I need to use in several > other classes. > > Currently I've set it up with a static array in the registry class and > using two methods to access the settings and values > storeSetting($key,$value) { >  $this->_settings[$key] = $value; > } > > getSetting($key) { >  return $this->_settings[$key]; > } > > The question is what the pros and cons are compared to setting a new > property with the value, like: > > storeSetting($key,$value) { >  $this->$key = $value; > } > > and then instead of calling getSetting, you just use > $this->Registry->property > > -- > Peter van der Does > > GPG key: E77E8E98 > > IRC: Ganseki on irc.freenode.net > Twitter: @petervanderdoes > > WordPress Plugin Developer > Blog: http://blog.avirtualhome.com > Forums: http://forums.avirtualhome.com > Twitter: @avhsoftware > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > You can use __get(), __set(), etc. instead. That way, $this->Registry->property can work as you want. Something PHP is missing is the ability to have __get()/__set()/etc. available on a static class, so you have to have an instance of the class and then all that that entails. Singleton pattern most likely. __getStatic(), __setStatic() (like we have __callStatic() ) would certainly help. Regards, Richard. -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling