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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:30:34 -0400
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To: MaaSTaaR <el7zndotcom@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] define and objects!
From: davidc@php.net ("David Coallier")

On 4/29/07, MaaSTaaR <el7zndotcom@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello ...
>
> Firstly sorry for my bad English, my friend request from me to send this suggestion for PHP developer.
>
> The suggestion is support use constant as object, for example :
>
> class HelloWorld
> {
>     function start()
>     {
>         echo 'Hello World';
>     }
> }
>
> define('OBJ',new HelloWorld);
>
> OBJ->start();
>
> this will be good when we use object inside class, we will not need use global or $this, for example.
>
> With normal way :
>
> class MainClass
> {
>     function One()
>     {
>         echo 'One';
>     }
>
>     function Two()
>     {
>         echo 'Two';
>     }
> }
>
> $Main = new MainClass;
>
> class AnotherClass
> {
>     function P()
>     {
>         global $Main; // Note this line
>
>         $Main->One();
>     }
> }
>
> With suggested way :
>
> class MainClass
> {
>     function One()
>     {
>         echo 'One';
>     }
>
>     function Two()
>     {
>         echo 'Two';
>     }
> }
>
> define('MAIN',new MainClass);
>
> class AnotherClass
> {
>     function P()
>     {
>         MAIN->One(); // use it directlly without global or $this
>     }
> }
>
>
>
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You could just do

class Main
{
    public static function P()
    {
        echo 'woo';
    }
}

class Yeah
{
    public function S()
    {
        Main::P();
    }
}

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Founder & Software Architect,
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