Posted by Michael Fesser on 07/21/07 16:26

..oO(Sanders Kaufman)

>I'm wondering if I'm doing this right, as far as using another class
>object as a PHP class property.
>
>class my_baseclass {
> var $Database;
> var $ErrorMessage;
> var $TableName;
> var $RecordSet;
> function my_baseclass(){
> $this->TableName = "";
> $this->RecordSet = array();
> $this->Database = new my_database();
> $this->ErrorMessage = $this->Database->ErrorMessage;
> return true;
> }
>}
>
>It seems to be working, but this kinds stuff skirts the edge of my PHP
>grok, so I dunno.

Using one object "inside" another is called an aggregation and a very
common and important concept in OOP.

But if you want to dive into that, I would strongly recommend to upgrade
to PHP 5 and make use of its OOP features.

Micha

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