Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 07/21/07 17:00

Michael Fesser wrote:
> .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.

So I'm doing it right?! Cool. I know there are some cases where you're
supposed to serialize objects instead of... what am I doing, passing by
reference? Instantiating?


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

I soooooo want to do this in 5... but that won't be an option until like
October. Until then, it's gotta work on 4.

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