On Monday, April 09, 2007 3:51 PM Jochem Maas <mailto:jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: Thanks for the response Jochem. > Chris W. Parker wrote: [snip] > you probably only want one DB call to > populate the User object with all the relevant > user data at the point where the object is created. [snip] Ok. I see what you're saying. If I populate all that data during the constructor why would I ever call the function again right? [snip] >> As I started to write this and use it I get the feeling that there >> should also be an Event class that is extended by the User class. >> Reason > > if you use an Event class then it should just represent an Event (and > a User object would [probably] contain an array of Event objects). > AFAICT there is no good reason to have Event extend User. I see. >> being that each User object is a reference to the currently logged in >> user, not anyone else. > > the User class is merely a representation of *a* user - you can > use an instance for the currently logged in user, but that doesn't > stop you from using the same class to model the collection of users > that fall under a given manager. I see. > // you might need to f around with returning references here, > // (I can never quite get that right without a bit of trial and error > in php4) function getEmployees() > { > // consider caching the result? > $emps = array(); > if ($this->is_manager) { > > // get user data from db > $sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE manager_id={$this->id}"; > > // error checking? > $db =& DB::singleton(); > $db->execute($sql); > while ($data = $db->getRow()) > $emps[] =& new User($data); > } > > return $emps; > } How do I reference a User object within the $emps array? Is it like $emps[0]->accrual ? Thanks, Chris. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
