note 55423 modified in ref.classobj by jome

From: Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:39:44 +0000
Subject: note 55423 modified in ref.classobj by jome
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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 ?> --was-- 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 ?> http://php.net/manual/en/ref.classobj.php

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