Re: static/object method

Taco Van Den Broek wrote:

Hans Lellelid wrote:

static, default behavior, probably accounts for 80% of uses: $c = new Criteria(Author::NAME, "Leo"); $a = AuthorFinder::find($c);

You pass your criteria to your search class as instantiated objects, why don't you pass your parameters/config flags as another type of object? Maybe like this: $c = new Criteria(Author::NAME, "Leo"); $f = new ConfigFlag(AuthorFinder::LIMIT, '5'); $a = AuthorFinder::find($c, $f); You could then check the $f object for any customizations, just like you check the $c object for where to search.

That's a good suggestion -- probably the cleanest design possible in current PHP object model. Thanks, Hans