Re: Fwd: Re: [PHP-DEV] Assigning to $this

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 21:29:04 +0100, Pierre-Alain Joye wrote: > On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 20:37:33 +0100 > Lorenzo Alberton <l.alberton@quipo.it> wrote: >> thanks for the useful comment. > > It is usefull. And more than an advice, a rule :) > pierre ok, assigning to $this is *not* a good practice, I know the ABC. What I'm saying is: sometimes you have no alternative, if breaking BC is not an option. "Just don't use it" is not much of an advice. "Do this instead" is. Anyway, back to my first question, does anyone know an alternative solution to "$this = $that;", which works both on PHP4 and PHP5, without resorting to ugly proxy calls? Or, if you prefer, what's the common practice regarding delegates? How can they be implemented in PHP4, and what's the footprint? @Lingwitt (CC'ed): can we see the code of your PEAR_DelegateOwner? I admit I failed to see the need of such class until today, but now I understand how useful it can be. Best regards, Lorenzo