On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 05:18:35PM -0600, Terion Miller wrote:
> I googled this and didn't find an answer ....
> my question is how do you know when to use an object or array
>
> would an object just be 1 instance, and array is several things together ( I
> know infantile coder language I use..but I'm a baby still in this)
>
> Can someone explain objects and arrays in plain speak for me?
An array is like in math, except that an array in PHP stores anything
you like. It's just a bunch of them together.
An object can also store a bunch of different things, but it also has
"methods", which are really just functions. An array won't actually *do*
anything; you have to do things *to* it. An object can actually do stuff
at your direction. Like:
$kitchen->make_coffee('cream', 'sugar');
The object here is $kitchen, and you've told it to use its make_coffee()
method, which does something or another. You can also make those
"methods" private so that code outside the object can't "see" them.
Paul
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