Re: Extending PEAR::DB (static constructor issue?)

Forgot to tell you would also have to map all public properties of DB_Common and drivers: bertrand Gugger wrote:

<snip> ******************* *myDB/common.php* ******************* require_once 'DB/common.php'; class myDB_common extends DB_common { var $mydb; // eventually extra properties .... function myDB_common(&$mydb, $extraOptions) {

       $this->DB_Common();
       $this->mydb = & $mydb;

       // map public properties
       $this->fetchmode = &this->mydb->fetchmode;

....

      // from drivers too
      $this->phptype = & this->mydb->phptype;

.... perhaps something like

       foreach(array_keys(get_object_vars($this->mydb) as $prop) {
         $this->$prop = & $this->mydb->$prop;
      }

could do the trick.

      doWhatYouWantExtra($extraOptions);

} // then for *all* standards methods xxxxxx() of DB_Common // and perhaps for some driver specific ones function xxxxxx($param...) // reproduce the exact signature of xxxxxx() {

       // eventually some extra specific to your extension but at least:
       // take care of eventual return by adress
       return $this->mydb->xxxxxx($param...);

} .... // then have your own methods function myMethod($param...) {

       // do what you want around $this->mydb

} .... } That looks quite heavy, but I believe that once realized, this model could support without any problem some upgrades of pear's DB. Regards