[BNM] Dumb PHP question

[paul perrin]

Isn't the automatic use of getter and setter methods the last
refuge for those that don't really know when to use public properties?

Paul /)/+)l


On 02/06/07, Richard Maynard / Wessex Networks <rjm at wessexnetworks.com>
wrote:
>
> Shouldn't class variables be modified with getter and setter methods
> rather
> than modifying them as if public?
>
> I believe that is what is called bad practice in Java, but PHP seems to be
> more of a free-for-all when it comes to best practices.
>
> Richard.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org
> [mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Justin Wanstall
> Sent: 02 June 2007 12:11
> To: 'Brighton New Media'
> Subject: Re: [BNM] Dumb PHP question
>
> The $claim part refers to an instance of a class which has been initiated
> and the ->value is simply a value within that instance. It's Object
> Oriented
> programming.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming
>
> Justin.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Newman [mailto:alan at sensibledevelopment.com]
> Sent: 02 June 2007 11:52
> To: 'Brighton New Media'
> Subject: [BNM] Dumb PHP question
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> We have inherited a PHP UI for a back end application we are customizing
> and
> I can't find an answer to this on the web, but I suspect I am just not
> looking in the right places.
>
>
>
> We are seeing this sort of expression a lot and are not sure what it is:
>
>
>
> $claim->value
>
>
>
> It seems to come up a lot - is it some sort of "injection" of one value in
> to another? It would really help to know what is going in and would help
> out
> us silly Java types a lot!
>
>
>
> Cheers
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> - Alan
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