Class Question

[Anon]

Is it ok to define classes inside if statement? Is it the right way of programming?

if ($something) {

class Something {


}

} else {

class Something2 {

}

}

[Anon]

PHP will allow it (I think), but...I've never seen anyone do it like that. classes are user-defined types, so might as well make them available to the whole script...

Diego

[tomhath]

Php will probably allow it, but the class shouldn't be visible outside of the "if" block because the class identifier has gone out of scope with the closing } of the if.

[tomhath]

Should've tested it before I posted instead of after. The class is still visible outside the "if" block.

[Anon]

But from OOP prespective, it is right to do? What I need to do is, If certain condition is true then I need to include a file which has class definition. If it's not true then I don't need to include that file.

Instead of including file in all the scripts, I figured I would add a condition so it would make script run bit faster

[Anon]

I suppose as long as it runs okay there's really no right or wrong way to do it. There are always development cost vs performance vs maintenance cost tradeoffs you will have to make.