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Author Re: [PHP-DB] php5 coding class objects best practices
Chris

2006-11-16, 6:56 pm

Chris Barnes wrote:
> hi people,
> i havent used thi slist for quite a while.
>
> anyway. Im trying to write an application which relies heavily on mysql. so
> i have made a class object which has all the functions to make using mysql
> very easy for me.
>
> but the problem im faced with now is, i have a bunch of other classes,
> which
> have a dependency to be able to read or write to mysql at some point.
>
> i dont want to have to write and maintain seperate mysql classes to extend
> other other classes.
>
> is it alright to, for example, point to one class from within another?
>
> e.g.
>
> $user = new User();
>
> $user->mysql = new MySql();
>
> and then call functions in MySql() from within User() by;
>
> $this->mysql->fetch_result_into_array();
>
> im new to PHP5 so im not aware of all its new and awesome OO features.


Yes, that will work fine.

It also works in php4, it's not a php5 specific feature.

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