Re: [PHP4BETA] class a extends $b?

I don't have a compiler. Guess I'll enter it in as a bug. The file came from zend. -----Original Message----- From: Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> To: Dan Libby <danda@epinions.com>; php4beta@lists.php.net <php4beta@lists.php.net> Date: Sunday, November 28, 1999 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [PHP4BETA] class a extends $b? >You can't really do it although you could find all sorts of weird work >arounds with eval() etc. >Are you really sure you want to do this? It seems like pretty poor object >oriented design. You could probably achieve the same goal in a much more >structured way. >Usually in OOD, in such a case you wouldn't inherit but have the class >contained in your new class. It is more correct. > >Andi > >At 03:00 PM 11/27/99 -0800, Dan Libby wrote: >>I'm using PHP4, beta 2. For cobranding purposes, I would like to have >>classes inherit from other classes in a dynamic fashion. Ideally, it >>would work like this: >> >>class a; >>class b; >>class c; >> >>$myclass = "a"; >> >>class bar extends $myclass; >> >>class foo extends bar; >> >>Unfortunately, php tells me it is expecting a string in place of >>$myclass. I then tried to do this: >> >>define("myclass", "a"); >>class bar extends myclass; >> >>That also failed, this time with no error message. >> >>So, question 1: Anyone know of a way to do this? I've thought of using >>conditional includes, but that has its own set of problems. >>Question 2: If not, is this in beta 3, or any chance of making it into >>final release? >> >>thx. >> >>-dan >> >> >>-- >>PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List >><http://www.php.net/version4/> >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >>For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net >>To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net > >--- >Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> >http://www.zend.com/ > >-- >PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List <http://www.php.net/version4/> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net >