[Resolved] Objects

[Reformed]

Is there a way in PHP to use an object created in one class, on another class without serializing?
For instance, would the following work?

class SomeClass {
      function someFunction {
             $a = new OtherClass();
              $b = $a->getName($someVar);
             }
}

//script that calls the SomeClass class
$c = new SomeClass 
$name = $c->getName();

Would the value of $name be available if the calling script was in a separate script without serializing into a session?

What I'm really gettiing at is whether or not it's possible to use a busniness object model in PHP like you would in Java. Is it realistic to use get and set methods for business objects, or is it only possible by serializing and unserializing on every call to the object between classes making it impractical? Does anyone out there use a business model like this?

[ahundiak]

I am having trouble matching your questions with your code but I can say that the only standard way to share objects between scripts is to do some form of serialization.

[Reformed]

Yeah, my example is probably not very good. Is it really resource intensive to serialize and unserialize object between scripts? I'm guessing it's better to just use arrays and scrap the business object concept all together.

[ahundiak]

You can't share arrays between scripts either without serializing. And I don't think there is really that much of a performance hit between unserializing an object and unserializing an array.

I would suggest using objects unless it becomes clear that performance is an issue. Otherwise you are basically solving a problem that does not exist.

[Reformed]

And that's exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks.