[BNM] Dumb PHP question

[Tom Hume]

Nope; they let you add things like value and type checking later on  
without having to do massive search-and-replaces on your code.

On 3 Jun 2007, at 00:32, paul perrin wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> - Alan
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