Multiple Classes

[snorcha]

Hi all,

Just a quick question. I am about to embark on a rather large php application and was wondering if it is better to use one massive class for all functions or to break up the different function areas into different classes.

Is there any performance gain/loss in using mutiple classes instead of 1 large one?

Thanks
sn0rcha

[BuzzLY]

What is the point of using classes if you are just going to lump everything into one?

Classes should contain functions that are all grouped together by functionality.

Instead of having a "transportation" class, break it up into "car" class and "truck" class and "train" class. Car and Truck have similarities, but Train might need the method "blow_whistle." I don't know about your car, but mine doesn't have a whistle, so it wouldn't make sense to have Car and Train lumped into the same class.

Does that make sense?

[snorcha]

In australia all our cars have whistles :p

Thanks for your reply, I pretty much figured that but wanted to ask the question for performance reasons.

Thanks