Luke wrote:
>>
> Thanks for the replies :)
>
> Surely if I pass it as a parameter to the __construct then I would have to
> make an instance of the otherObject, notice that messwithotherthings is
> static?
>
> Also, if I'm not using OOP properly, Eddie, how would I use it properly to
> prevent this situation?
>
> Thanks,
>
Hmmm, I didn't notice the method was static - that means my idea really won't
work...
I did have a bad feeling about this, and Eddie confirmed my unease with the
point about OOP.
Really, you should need your $firstobject to be a singleton:
eg.
class FirstObject
{
private static $theInstance = NULL;
public $propertyContainingObject;
protected function __construct()
{
// whatever
}
public static function getInstance()
{
if (!self::$theInstance)
{
self::$theInstance = new FirstObject();
}
return self::$theInstance;
}
// ... other methods ...
}
So then:
class OtherObject
{
static function messWithOtherThings()
{
$firstObject = FirstObject::getInstance();
$firstObject->propertyContainingObject->methodInsideThatObject();
}
}
I think that works, and is reasonable to the OOP purists...
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