Re: A stupid question about classes

On 05/01/2010 10:23 PM, Andre Polykanine wrote:

Hello everyone, Just a basic question. I have my class starting like this: Class OireMail { // these are required public $smtp_server=""; public $domain=""; public $from=""; public $login=""; public $pass=""; And then go the function themselves. I was told that it's better to put the initial variables in the __construct() function. What are the advantages of doing that and if I need to do it, how would I call the class from another file then? Thanks!

The advantages of initializing the variables in __construct() is that whenever an object of the class is created, the variables have the values you expect. If you don't put them in __construct(), you will have to create another method which will have to be called after you have created the object using the new operator. Ultimately its the same thing, __construct() is called automatically, only that's the difference. -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Administrator www.itech7.com मेरा भारत महान ! मम भारत: महत्तम भवतु !