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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] With End With
From: waboring@3gstech.com (walt boring)

BDKR wrote:

> jason davidson wrote:
>
>> Ive seen the Control Flow constuct With ...End With used in VB (yup, 
>> VB.. :)) although im not a fan of VB, i liked the feature, is there 
>> any consideration to this kind of construct for php.
>> here the only example if it i could find online for anyone that hasnt 
>> seen it before.
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcn7/html/vaconusingwith.asp 
>>
>> Aside from being VB, is there anything wrong with it.
>>
>> Jason
>>
> So how would that look in PHP?  Something like?
>
> With $dbObject;
> if(->doConnect()==true)
>    {
>    ->doQuery();
>    while($row = ->fetchArray())
>        { /* do something with returned row */ }
>    }
> End With:
>
> Just a question from an onlooker.
>
> Cheers,
> BDKR
>
yuk!  This would start php down the slippery slope of unreadable 
code...et all perlisms.  no thanks.
Just think of a large block of code and 30 lines down all you had was

->$foo = blah;  or ->something('foo')

This is high on the yuk meter

Yuk
(        /)

W