Posted by Kailash Nadh on 12/02/07 19:14

On Dec 2, 2:56 pm, Viator <varioustr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have a basic question. When I do object-oriented programming
> using C++ or Java, all my objects reside in RAM. I do not have
> to think about storing and retrieving them, because they are
> in RAM and that space has been allocated for them and
> the program is continually running, so neither program nor
> objects are going to disappear.
>
> It seems to me, having never done OOP in PHP, that this
> arrangement would not exist in PHP, because program+objects
> only exist when a page is being constructed. In the meantime,
> where are the objects? You might say, "in my MySQL database",
> and that is certainly a capable storage medium, however
> it takes time to get them out, and to store them back into it.
I am a bit confused here. In PHP, the objects are created and stored
in the Server's RAM as the script runs (when the webpage is
constructed), and as the script finishes execution, the objects are
wiped from the memory (which is a really quick process).

>
> So the question is, I think, appropriate. Since PHP has
> (AFAIK) no object storage other than a database, is
> OOP in PHP really appropriate?
>
> If there is some other storage medium can you tell me what it is?
>
> If there isn't another faster storage medium than a database,
> why doesn't someone create one, to improve efficiency?
>
> Thanks.

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