Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Handling different classes by the same name

[Ralf Becker]

Hi Jim,

i would say yes an no!

Jim Foster schrieb:
> Seeking an experienced voice:
>  
> I have a package that I wish to integrate within the phpGroupWare 
> environment.
>  
> Natively, it uses the PEAR database abstraction library.
>  
> Are there any php OO gurus out there who can tell me if it is feasible 
> to have both a phpGW
>  
>     class db
>  
> as well as a PEAR
>  
>     class DB
>  
> simultaneously?

You can if they are in different apps inc-dirs.

B U T, if you call CreateObject('app.class') phpGw loades the class only 
once and saves it in the $GLOBALS['phpgw'] Object under the class-name 
only. Therefor if you call CreateObject('yourapp.DB') and other 
standard-classe already loaded 'phpgwapi.db' you will get the phpgwapi 
version, if you load your class in the phpgw-style with CreateObject.

> Or is this a something that can be done, yes, but would require so much 
> work as to quickly reach a point of diminishing returns?

I think that could easyly be changed in the phpgw api, but it need to be 
change before!!!

Ralf
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