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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] With End With
From: bdkr@highsidecafe.com (BDKR)

walt boring wrote:

> 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')

And we aren't even talking about nested With statements yet! Doh!

>
> This is high on the yuk meter

LOL! I agree 100%.  I just had to write it out to visualize it. It 
doesn't visualize very well at all.

>
> Yuk
> (        /)
>
> W
>
Cheers,
BDKR