Posted by Michael Fesser on 09/04/07 10:22

..oO(Marijn)

>On 4 sep, 10:02, Toby A Inkster <usenet200...@tobyinkster.co.uk>
>wrote:
>> Marijn wrote:
>> > private function __getDatabaseConnection(){
>> > if (!$this->__databaseConnection) {
>> > $this->__databaseConnection = new DatabaseFactory();
>> > };
>> > return($this->__databaseConnection);
>> > }
>> > }
>>
>> I certainly prefer this.
>
>But because it's faster or..?

Not really, just shorter code. I also prefer this variant.

>> By the way, you shouldn't name your functions with a double-underscore.
>> Functions that start with a double-underscore are reserved for future use
>> as "magic" functions (e.g. __construct, __call, __get, __autoload, etc).
>
>I know it is for reserverd magic functions BUT this way i serarate
>public (no underscore) from (protected one underscore) from (private
>(two underscores)
>
>I really prefer a difference in my code for private and protected
>methods.

But why?

Micha

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