Re: Static utility class?

Hi Rodrigo, thanks for the help, I really appreciate it! On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Rodrigo Santos <rodrigos.santos01@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, first, sorry for the bad English. Not bad at all! Very clear and well written reply (heck, it's better than my native English writing), so thank you! :) > Yes, at least, as far as I know, this is the perfect way to do what you want > to do. Think like this: when you instanciate a class, you are allocating > memory. If you don't need any information stored, then you don't need to > allocate memory, right? So, it's is logic to have a class that you will call > only one fragment when you need it, rather than load the entire class just > for one method. Interesting! That makes a lot of sense. Now you've piqued my interests! :) I was going to head down a different path, but you've inspired me to further explore the use of static methods/properties/variables/other. A part of me just wants to learn more about PHP OOP, and using static members is something I've not explored much. Seems like a simple functional utility class would be a good time to play and learn more. :D > Just be careful to organize your utility methods by by meaning. Don't put a > method that make dating stuff and a method that write a random string in the > same class. By doing so, you are breaking the object orientation purpose. Excellent tip! Thank you Rodrigo! I really appreciate the tips/advice and inspiration. :) Have a great afternoon! Cheers, Micky