[RESOLVED] OOP php5 question

omegared

I am not sure if this is the best place to post this or in the newbie section.
I am a newbie. I've worked with php for some time now and feel much more at home with it eventhough I havn't had any formal trainig. I did take a java class once and cant say much stuck.
here are the questions
First, with java they had this wounderfull api that showed you how thinsg worked. Ive used the PHP documentation page and am extreamly happy that it exists but I would like something that tells me what the "Object" has / is made up of.
Second
If I have an object instanciated in Java it hangs around for the duration of my program (unless I remove it). How do I, in php, have a script that uses the same instance of an object acrss multiple scripts/pages.
This is all
Many thanks in advance

phrosty

First, with java they had this wounderfull api that showed you how thinsg worked. Ive used the PHP documentation page and am extreamly happy that it exists but I would like something that tells me what the "Object" has / is made up of.

PHP has introduced a similar API in version 5 called the the reflection API. You can read more about it here: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.reflection.php

omegared

Thank you for your responce. I am slowing convincing myself that I am the only idiot writing php code. First of all let me say thanks for thar URL. Somone else has pointed me in that direction. Using that "relflections" page ( or whatever its called )I cant find for the life of me the answer to the follwoing question.

What is the diference between

class Test {
}

and

class Test extends Object {
}

What does this class Object contain/have.

I think its called an Object signature i.e. defenition

NogDog

The "class Two extends One" declaration means that class Two inherits all of the attributes and methods of class One. You can then define additional attributes and/or methods for class Two or redefine those which were inherited from class One (unless they were defined as "final" in class One).