Posted by Jason Barnett on 01/07/05 03:13

>
> Otherwise, I'm curious as to why you're using a large switch, not that
> it's bad inherently IMHO, but there may be a better overall approach.
>
> /jw

I don't know why *he* wants to do it, but one useful example is the MVC
model (google "MVC phppatterns" if you're unfamiliar with the term).
For a given action he can include the class definitions he will need to
perform that action.

Jay, are you using PHP5? Because if you are then I thought of something
else. You can put each class into its own file and define your own
__autoload() function to include a file "just in time". The main
downside to this is if you use someone else's code and they have also
defined their own __autoload() function then you get an error! :(


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