[UPHPU] Accessing a Parent Object's Other Variables

[Kirk Cerny]

But in this case it appears that A has B and B has A.
I would be alright if it was just A has B.
The circular part is where I think you get into trouble especially
with readability, and understandable code.

Kirk Cerny



On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Richard K
Miller<richardkmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is the composition vs. inheritance debate, right?
>
> In inheritance, B is a descendant of A. With composition, A has a B.
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2009, at 9:07 PM, Kirk Cerny wrote:
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>> This just seems like a really bad idea to me.
>> You also mentioned that there is a parent class, but I dont see the
>> extends keyword.
>>
>> <?php
>>
>> Class A {
>>
>>  var $msg = 'Why hello there my old friend';
>>
>>  function  __construct() {
>>  }
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>> Class B extends A {
>>
>>  function __construct() {
>>  }
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> $b = new B();
>>
>> echo $b->msg;
>>
>> Kirk Cerny
>>
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