including files in a class

[cangeceiro]

I have written quite an extensive class for a site im working on. I want to better organize the structure of the class, but im running short of ideas on how to do this.

i have several functions that corrispond to different parts of the site ie photo galleries, podcasts, articles, etc. all these are in 1 class, and the file is quite lengthy. I would like to split each section of functions into its own file. for example all functions relevant to podcasting would be in podcast.inc.php or something similiar. But i want all of these to be called from the same class. i know i cant just use include() inside of a class to accomplish this. so is there any other ways i might go about doing this?

[Wynder]

I'm wondering the exact same thing, though I had a plan -- I just need to know how to execute it.

I have different class files, for instance:

class.db.php
class.validation.php
class.utility.php

and finally:

class.framework.php

I'm looking how to tie these all together into framework, so when I instantiate the framework object, all of the constructors for the other class files would fire and I'd be able to reference them such as this: $framework->db->function() or $framework->validation->function().

Any tips on this?

[Wynder]

Okay, I think I've come up with a solution...

You have the below files, for instance:

class.db.php
class.utility.php
class.validation.php

And you tie all of these together in class.framework.php:

<?php
require('class.db.php');
require('class.utility.php');
require('class.validation.php');

class framework
{
   var $db;
   var $utility;
   var $validation;
}

$framework = new framework();
$framework->db = new db;
$framework->utility = new utility;
$framework->validation = new validation;
?>

So, now, you can now just include that class.framework.php in your mainfile and can access things like...

$framework->db->query("SELECT * FROM Table");
$framework->utility->add(1, 3);
$framework->validation->email("[e-mail]");

If someone sees something inheritly wrong with that, let me know.

[cangeceiro]

snazzy!

do variables carry over between classes?

[Wynder]

Actually, you'd probably want to do something like this:

<?php 
require('class.db.php'); 
require('class.utility.php'); 
require('class.validation.php'); 

class framework 
{ 
   var $db; 
   var $utility; 
   var $validation; 

   function framework()
   {
      $this->db = new db; 
      $this->utility = new utility; 
      $this->validation = new validation; 

   }
} 

$framework = new framework(); 
?> 

This way, inside of the framework class, you'd be able to access $this->db->variable... You wouldn't be able to directly reference, say, a variable in the DB class in the Validation class, but then you'd really want a function in the DB class that would give the required information to the Validation class when requested.

[cangeceiro]

brilliant!!!