RE: [PHP] Question regarding OO

2008-07-11 Thread Boyd, Todd M.
> -Original Message- > From: Jay Blanchard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 1:51 PM > To: Eric Butera; php php > Subject: RE: [PHP] Question regarding OO > > [snip] > I understand my error in thinking now. > > Apple can't extend

RE: [PHP] Question regarding OO

2008-07-11 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I understand my error in thinking now. Apple can't extend Tree. Oak, Evergreen or Willow extend Tree. I thank you all for helping me to understand. [/snip] By jove, I think he's got it! Parking space could be a member variable of parking lot, that would make sense. -- PHP General Maili

Fwd: [PHP] Question regarding OO

2008-07-11 Thread Eric Butera
-- Forwarded message -- From: Yeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Question regarding OO To: Eric Butera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I understand my error in thinking now. Apple can't extend Tree. Oak, Evergreen or Willow exte

Re: [PHP] Question regarding OO

2008-07-11 Thread Eric Butera
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Yeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > /* > > I have a question here regarding object orientation in PHP and any other > language. > > Let's start with some hypothetical code: > > */ > > // <--- 1st CLASS > > class ParkingLot { > > var size; // size in sq feet > > va

Re: [PHP] Question regarding OO

2008-07-11 Thread Ted Wood
Corrected code example: (too early in the morning to think) In the above class definition, simply populate the $spaces array with instances of the ParkingSpace class. ~Ted -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Question regarding OO

2008-07-11 Thread Ted Wood
Object-oriented programming, with it's "class" and "object" approach, is meant to model real life more closely than functional programming. In, a "parking space" is physically inside a "parking lot", but a parking space is not a subclass of a parking lot. It's not a variation or mini park

Re: [PHP] Question regarding OO

2008-07-11 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 18:03 +0200, Yeti wrote: > > /* > > I have a question here regarding object orientation in PHP and any other > language. > > Let's start with some hypothetical code: > > */ > > // <--- 1st CLASS > > class ParkingLot { > > var size; // size in sq feet > > var max_numbe

[PHP] Question regarding OO

2008-07-11 Thread Yeti
size = $size; $this->max_number_of_cars = $max_cars; } }; cpark = new ParkingLot(5, 17); // <--- 2nd CLASS class ParkingSpace extends ParkingLot { var ps_ID; // ID of the parking space ( 1 .. max_number_of_cars ) var occupied_by; // ID of the car on the parking space var st_time; // Uni