note 43363 added to ref.classobj

Re: Looking for an uninstantiated class # Loads data from a table into a class object class LFPDataFactory extends LFPObject { var $object; var $class; var $table; function LFPDataFactory($args) { $this->unpackArgs($args); // assigns locals from $args if (in_array(strtolower($this->class), get_declared_classes())) { $this->object = new $this->class; // assemble the columns in the table... // select their values and put them in our new object... } else { trigger_error("Class ".$this->class." not found", E_USER_ERROR); } } } $r = new LFPDataFactory("class=LFPLayout,table=layout"); $new_obj = $r->object; // this is a LFPLayout object. print_r($new_obj); This class looks to see if the class exists, then instantiates it -- a declared class is not the same as an instantiated class. As long as LFPLayout exists somewhere in the scripts, get_declared_classes() will find it. Remember strtolower on compare, however. Why would I do this? Because I have my class layouts the same as their respective tables; the factory then selects the data (making sure that the variables match) and plugs in the data. (I've left out the actual code to do the selection/insertion). ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.classobj.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+43363 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+43363&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+43363&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php