[snip] > So you think that a length of 850 lines won't lead to a performance > problem? No, I don't think there will be problems. I also think the only way you'll ever find out whether it *will* be a problem in your system is by testing. [/snip] ^this to the max [snip] > The site is not online yet. I just wanted to know when to split a class > and if there are performance problems with to long classes. [/snip] I will try to find some good links for you but there is one book that I can whole-heartedly recommend (I have all of my younger, um, less experienced programmers read it); Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596008673/ It is a quick read, the exercises are fun and even though they focus on Java the principles apply across al OOP languages. As for splitting a class it doesn't matter the size of the class as long as the class does one thing and does it really well. We have some very large classes (remember - you are trying to describe an object and all of the methods for that object) and some very small (under 25 lines including comments) classes. The one characteristic that sticks out is that they all do one thing really well. http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/Scripting/Tutorial/objects.html (I am starting you a few pages into the article) is a good basic discussion of OOP. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
