Daniel,
Thanks for the insight, this is what I had thought. I just wanted to get a
peer's validation of my thought process.
You hit what I thought was right, right on the head.
-Brent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Schierbeck" <dasch@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: Silly OOP question
> Brent Clements wrote:
> > I've always wondered this about OOP and maybe you guys can answer this
question.
> >
> > I'm writing a php application and I'm trying to figure out the correct
way to right the oop part of this application.
> >
> > for instance.
> >
> > I have a "project.class" file that has functions for dealing with
individual projects because you break down ideas into singular entities in
OOP(as I understand it)
> >
> > But what if I wanted to deal with multiple projects such as getting a
list of the projects in my database, should I create a function in the
"project.class" to handle the now plural request, or should I create a
"projects.class" file that has a function called "getProjects".
> >
> > Hopefully I'm explaining this question right. It makes sense in my own
head. :-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brent
> Well, if I get you right, you have a class named Project holds
> information about a project. Now you want a list of the current
> projects. I'd make a new class, named ProjectList or something similar,
> that can be used to administrate your projects.
>
>
> class Project
> {
> public $name; // The project's name
> public $ownerID; // The user ID of the project's owner
>
> /* The constructor. Note: this only works in PHP5 */
> public function __construct ($id)
> {
> $db = mysql_connect();
> // Get project info...
>
> $this->name = $result['name'];
> $this->ownerID = $result['owner'];
> }
> }
>
> class ProjectList
> {
> public $projects = array();
>
> public function __construct ()
> {
> $db = mysql_connect();
> $query = mysql_query('SELECT id FROM projects');
> $result = mysql_fetch_array($query);
>
> foreach ($result as $project_id) {
> $this->projects[$project_id] = new Project($project_id);
> }
> }
>
> public function listProjects ()
> {
> return $this->projects;
> }
>
> public function addProject ($name, $owner)
> {
> // ...
> }
>
> public function deleteProject ($id)
> {
> // ...
> }
> }
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