Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51469&edit=1
ID: 51469 Comment by: david71rj at gmail dot com Reported by: giorgio dot liscio at email dot it Summary: why not Inner Classes? Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Class/Object related Operating System: irrelevant PHP Version: 5.3.2 New Comment: You can use namespaces from PHP 5.3, is basically this. See doc. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-04-03 07:55:22] giorgio dot liscio at email dot it Description: ------------ hi, some object oriented architectures requires inner classes i'm not good with english language so i write some examples: in a library like PDO, now we can do some like this: class Database { public function prepareSql($sql){ return new Sql($sql)} } class Sql { public function setValue($search, $replace){} public function executeQuery(){return new ExecutedQuery();} } class ExecutedQuery { function fetch() function numRows() // etc } this api allows the developer to instantiate an ExecutedQuery with no Sql parameters escaping (class Sql) so inner classes are useful to make visible classes in some trusted environment: class Database { public function prepareSql($sql){ return new Sql($sql)} class Sql { public function setValue($search, $replace){} public function executeQuery(){return new ExecutedQuery();} class ExecutedQuery { function fetch() function numRows() // etc } } } i've read a lot of rfc on php's wiki but no one talks about inner classes (useful like traits and others new work in progress features) what do you think about this? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51469&edit=1