Stut wrote:
Nathan Nobbe wrote:
On Jan 30, 2008 11:31 AM, Stut <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:stuttle@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
"I would *just* use a static method"
*just* *just* *just* *just* *just* *just* *just* *just* *just*
No instance. None. Grrr.
here is a mod of the code you posted w/ a var_dump() of the
local variable $o;
<?php
class Test {
public static function doSomething() {
$o = new Test();
var_dump($o);
$o->_doSomething();
}
protected function _doSomething() {
// I'm assuming this method is fairly complex, and involves
// more than just this method, otherwise there is no point
// in creating an instance of the class, just use a static
// method.
}
}
Test::doSomething();
?>
nathan@gentooss ~/ticketsDbCode $ php testCode.php
object(Test)#1 (0) {
}
clearly in the act of *just* using a static method, you *just*
created an instance of class Test ;)
Ok, I'm going to have to assume you really are as stupid as you seem. If
I need to provide an example to demonstrate what I meant I will, but I
feel I made it quite clear that my comment regarding what *I* would do
did not in any way relate to the code example I had provided above. The
example I provided was fulfilling the OP's requirements.
This is what *I* would do...
<?php
class Test {
public static function doSomething() {
// I'm assuming this method is fairly complex, and involves
// more than just this method, otherwise there is no point
// in creating an instance of the class, just use a static
// method.
// ^^^^ See this comment here, this was taken from the
// non-static method in the example I posted. This is what
// I meant when I say "just use a static method".
}
}
Test::doSomething();
?>
Look ma, no instance.
Now this is clear.
But to point out in the code I quoted, you said that you were going to only use
the static method, but you were calling the static method that created an
instance of the Test class and then calling the non-static method from the
instance of the Test class.
Your previous example was not showing us what you were saying. To me it looked
like you were confused about how you were calling/creating things.
--
Jim Lucas
"Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon them."
Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V
by William Shakespeare
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