On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:54 AM, Ondrej Kulaty <kopyto911@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Depends on what for you want to use that. Array is simple data structure, > it > holds data, like variable, but objects has methods and properties, it acts > as someting which can do some sort of task and you access it via it's > interface (you call it's methods). You can use array for example to hold > result from database and than iterate it with for or foreach cycle. On the > other hand, object can be used for exaplme to send mail, you put into it > text body, mail adresses and so on and then call it's method send() which > causes mail to be send. The process of transforming data, generating > headers > etc is completely done by the object and it's internal methods, you access > it only via it's well defined interface (it's methods you can call). > Objects > are mainly used in OOP programming, where they cooperate together. Good way > to learn OOP is to learn something about design patterns... > -- > > > "Terion Miller" <webdev.terion@xxxxxxxxx> píse v diskusním príspevku > news:37405f850901271518r21f5f73j44841e864de5c598@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >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? > > Thanks > > Happy Coding > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Thanks for all the information, I was asking because I inherited thousands of lines of code that had used mysql_fetch_object(), yet I kept getting so many errors so I starting playing with changing them to mysql_fetch_assoc() and things seem to work better, so I was wonder why sometimes data from a db field can be used as an object or array, the arrays, objects, classes still confuses me..oh add functions to that, is there a hiearchy?
