gather classes together

[cold]

hello,
using php4
i'm having a problem gathering all my classes together.i have three classes(ErrorHandler,i18n and templateEngine),placed in separate files.
should i create one class and inherit from it or what?
another thing,the following example is not working.any ideas why not?

<?php
class A
{
    var $name = "name";
    function getname()
    {
       return $this->name;
    }
}

class B
{
    function bar()
    {
        $name = A::getname();
        echo $name;
    }
}
?>

[ahundiak]

1. No, do not put unrelated classes in the same file and do not use inheritance to create unrelated classes.

2. Your example is not working because you are trying to call a dynamic function statically.

Might want to review some of the OOP basics discussed in the manual.

[bubblenut]

Only inherit from a base class if it is appropriate to do so. Is the child class a type of parent class? In your case no.

The example will not work because you're calling the getname method on A statically so there is no notion of $this. In order for $this to exist the method must be called on an instance of the class.