On Jan 16, 2008 4:13 PM, Nathan Nobbe <quickshiftin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Jan 16, 2008 3:59 PM, Jochem Maas <jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > given that dbaccess doesn't extend mysqli instantiation of dbaccess is > > completely > > pointless no? > > > i dont know; i think using an instance of dbaccess to control a single > instance of the > mysqli class is appropriate. personally, i wouldnt extend mysqli unless i > had a good > reason to. i would probly only rationalize this if i wanted to override > some of the behavior > in a specific way, or extend it in some meaningful way (even then i might > use composition). > if that isnt the intention i think composition is the best choice for the > singleton. > more a matter of preference than anything i suppose. at least i cant think > of a better reason > to argue for composition. > > > > no idea what you mean > > > ya; some of these posts from you are a little hard to understand, julian. > > -nathan > I still don't understand the obsession of a singleton in regards to a db connection. Using a registry is a much better practice I think. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
