[thelist] To class or not to class in PHP

[Ken Snyder]

Stephen Rider wrote:
> ...
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> myuniqueclassname::function1();
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> So the question to the PHP gurus out there: is this a good idea or am  
> I better off just prefacing my functions with something like...
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> function myplugin_function1() {...}
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> ...
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Yes, stick with the class-based approach.  Any performance differences 
between class functions and global functions is trivial.  Do what is 
best for robustness and scalability and let the php-source developers 
worry about performance.  I also recommend using classes to store 
variables and constants to avoid global variables as much as possible:

myplugin::function()
myplugin::$variable
myplugin::CONSTANT

- Ken Snyder