creating objects on the fly

[Anon]

hi,

is there any way of creating objects on the fly? i.e. lets say i have a function called create_object($objectName, $className). what i want is to be able to give a string for the object name and a string for the class name. the function will then create an object with the string passed in $objectName and it will be an instance of the class that was in the string $className. is this possible in php?

thanks very much.

Ziad

p.s. i know there will be an issue with class definitions but lets say i include a file which has all the class definitions

[Anon]

Easy with such a powerful language as PHP !
Let's say we have a class like this :

class foo
{
var $name;

function foo($name)
{
$this->name=$name;
}
}

Then with the function :

function create_object($objectName, $className)
{
return new $className($objectName);
}

We can use it like this :

$o=create_object("myname","foo");

[Anon]

In other words, yes, it's very possible.

You'll need to make your object GLOBAL but other than that, no problem..

Suggestion : Try before asking next time :-)