note 55423 added to ref.classobj

as for zabmilenko's solution: wouldn't it be better to create it this way? <?php // The base class for all db classes class DB { protected $connectId; } // Class for MySQL, which extends base class class MySQL extends DB { function connect () { $this->connectId = mysql_connect (...); } } // Class for PostgreSQL, which extends base class class pgSQL extends DB { function connect () { $this->connectId = pg_connect (...); } } // and then call constructor like this: $dbName = "MySQL"; $db = new $$dbName ( ... ); // ... which creates an object of class MySQL ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.classobj.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+55423 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55423&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55423&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55423&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55423&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55423&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55423&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+55423&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php