Re: OOP .. I just don't get it.

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Hi I've been using php for a while now but I have not got my head around OOP (classes). Why bother using them? I've read thru a few tutorials on using classes and the examples given are quite simple. This is probably the problem - I just can't see the benefit of using this style of programming. Here is what I'm getting at. ------------USING A CLASS----------------- class Table {

    var $rows;
    var $columns;

    function MakeTable() {

        draw a table with $this->columns as the number of columns
        and $this->rows as the number of rows

    }

} $mytable = new Table; $mytable->rows = 5; $mytable->columns = 10; $mytable->MakeTable(); ---------------USING A NORMAL FUNCTION----- function MakeTable($rows,$columns) {

    make a table with $rows as the number of rows
    and $columns as the number of columns

} $rows = 5; $columns = 10; MakeTable($rows,$columns); ----------------------------------------------------------- Using a class doesn't appear to give me any benefits - in fact the code is longer. I know that you can spawn more instances of the same class which sounds useful, however I can also run my function as many times as I like using different variables. What am I missing here? Thanks Mojo -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php