Re: general questions

On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 12:20:11AM +0100, Markus Fischer wrote : > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 07:15:18PM -0000, Richard Heyes wrote : > > > I still don't quite get the usage of "::" .. > > > As far as I understand this is for so called static functions and to > > > generate a new namespace ... > > > > > > So far so good > > > But why do stuff like DB::connect ? > > > Why not put stuff like that in a constructor? > > > > Because DB::connect() can return you a correct object type (ie mysql/pgsql). > > The constructor can do this too, but its currently a > 'feature' and cannot be guaranteed to work in the future. > Thats why we're using a static function for factoring the > appropriate class. Sorry to confuse everyone. Of course, constructors don't return a value. What I meant was the '$this' variable inside the constructor which can be modified. This, as writte however, is a feature. - Markus