-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I must say that both techniques *can* lead to hell when debugging.
The idea of adding new methods ontop of existing classes is usually not safe if not documented well. The one thing I liked about the verbose-ness of Java is the fact that I always knew what I was getting back (and so did the next function I was calling). In PHP I think runkit (http://php.net/manual/en/ref.runkit.php) is the closest resembling these type of functions. I could be wrong. - - Jon - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cliff Hirsch Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 1:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [nyphp-talk] Intellectual Monday I have been digging into JavaScript and jQuery, and am intrigued by several concepts. 1. jQuery uses chaining, whereby every method within jQuery returns the query object itself. 2. JavaScript's prototype method is an interesting concept for adding methods to existing classes. I wonder how these techniques work in the PHP world. Does anyone use chaining effectively? Is there a PHP equivalent to the prototype concept? Cliff -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) iD8DBQFFtTd899e5DI8C/rsRAr7iAJoCLd8vFe+6BelimHh9qAyeaXJOLwCgrO0H aKBO5dRU1neQgkNXqnwWB1M= =Tm7u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
