[PHP] Create collections of objects

[Emilio Astarita]

Hi people,

I want a class that allows create objects that get the information
consulting the DB. So, I am thinking to do something like this:

class element {
  public __construct($id,$type = 'id') {
    switch($type) {
    case 'id':
      $where = sprintf(" id = %d ",$id);
      break;
    case 'name':
      $where = sprintf(" name = %s ",escape($id));
      break;
      //...
      // get the row and call setName($row['name'])...
    }
  }
}

This works fine, but also I want a good way (efficient) of getting a
collection of these objects. I can't figure a convenient way. A static
function its a good posibility? I have some ideas but they imply public
setters of the class `element'.

Thanks for any help.

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Emilio Astarita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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