Re: Embedded example code

On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 19:40:52 -0000, Richard Heyes wrote: >class My_Class { > > ... > > function example(){ > // ...example code > } >} > >if(basename($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']) === basename(__FILE__)){ > My_Class::example(); >} > >Any thoughts regarding it? Possible problems I see are: Apart from the performance waste that you've already mentioned, I think that it is generally better to put proper examples in the documentation of your code and not in the code itself. Always remember that a lot of people who use PEAR don't have access to the class files, since they are installed somewhere (/usr/lib/php) on their hosting environment - this people will then not be able to read your example code. -1 from me on this idea. - Martin -- Martin Jansen, <mail@martin-jansen.de> http://www.martin-jansen.de/