HI, as far as i know private vars should be available in the next release of the zend engine, thus, using get and set functions is a good practice to be sure that your apps will still function in future php releases.
Regrads. ___________________________________________________ Hassan El Forkani Founder And Mantainer of : http://WarmAfrica.com EveryOne's Africa Freelance Internet Consultant / Web Applications Developper. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel : 0021671880014 ___________________________________________________ At 14:36 17/05/02, Christoph Starkmann wrote: >Hi there! > >I'm just starting to get in touch with >oo programming in PHP. Now I've got a >quite simple question, I guess... > >In an example in the PHP-help, I found >a class definition with accessor functions >like > >dummy->get_some_variable(); > >But AFAIK (and see ;)), variables in PHP >in fact are never private, but always >public, at least within the current script. > >So what would be the sense in having >this kind of functions? Readability? >Just a fake? > >Or can I declare variables as private? >(this would be the best in my eyes, indeed) > >Thanx alot, > >Kiko > >-- >It's not a bug, it's a feature. >christoph starkmann >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.gruppe-69.com/ >-- > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ___________________________________________________ Hassan El Forkani Founder And Mantainer of : http://WarmAfrica.com EveryOne's Africa Freelance Internet Consultant / Web Applications Developper. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel : 0021671880014 ___________________________________________________
