note 17465 deleted from language.oop by jimw

If you want to use classes just as namespaces (just like in C or C++), make '::' - calls. It doesn't create an object, but is a 'clean' method of handling functions. You may even overwrite a function of a standard library. Example: <? if(!defined("_INCLUDE_NAMESPACE_TEXTFUNCTIONS_")) { define("_INCLUDE_NAMESPACE_TEXTFUNCTIONS_",TRUE); /*************************************** Namespace for string functions !!! ATTENTION !!! this is a namespace and not a class, so please don't instance it, even if it's possible. I packed all the functions in a class, because PHP in the actual version don't offer the namespace option // (c) 06.11.01 Alexander Filatow ***************************************/ class NTextFunctions { // replaces the String::Substr Function by my own // by adding "..." in the end if necessarily function Substr($str, $length) { $ret = substr($str, 0, $length); if (strlen($str) > $length) $ret .= "..."; return $ret; } } // end of class } // end of define else die ("ERROR INCLUSION"); ?> Usage at a web page: include ("class.textfunctions.php"); echo NTextFunctions::Substr("abcdefg", 3);