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Posted by bob.chatman@gmail.com on 01/31/07 21:38
On Jan 31, 8:45 am, "crater" <iccar...@gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm using PHP 5.2.
>
> I've created classes to embody HTML elements for a particular project
> I'm currently working on.
>
> All setter methods in the classes return $this so that I can string
> the
> methods together in an attempt to reduce "page bloat".
>
> [code]
> // create a text link
> $link1 = new htmlElement("a");
> $link1->addAttribute("href", "http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/
> ~iccarter")
> ->addAttribute("target","_blank")->addAttribute("name",
> "htmlElement1");
> echo $link1->addContent("My personal web site")."<br><br>\n";
> [/code]
>
> My anchor element is duly output exactly as expected.
>
> A question naturally arises from this. Is there a way to do the
> following?...
>
> [code]
> $link1 = new htmlElement("a")->setAttribute("name", "value");
>
> or
>
> ($link1 = new htmlElement("a"))->setAttribute("name", "value");
> [/code]
>
> It's not an issue. I'm just curious.
Why dont you just do this:
$link1 = new htmlElement("a");
$link1->setAttribute("name", "value");
If nothing else your idea will lead to confusion when you come back to
it later in life.
The rule i have always tried to follow (except in perl) is ...
One statement
One line
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