This article is similar to my needs, but I'm more curious about a specific solution to it, and if it's a good or bad idea to do it. Sharing objects between PHP classes
Say, like in the link above, I have an object I want to pass to multiple classes, say a $db object.
Instead of using dependency injection and passing it to each method's constructor, is it ever a good idea to let all the classes extend a Base class, that stores the $db object as a property?
For example:
abstract class Base {
protected static $_db;
public function setDatabase( Database $db ) {
$this->_db = $db;
}
public function getDatabase() {
return $this->_db;
}
}
class SomeClass extends Base {
public function doStuff() {
$result = $this->getDatabase()->query(.....);
}
}
Which would mean all classes that extend Base need not worry about grabbing/checking/setting the $db themselves, as they'd already have that object as a property as soon as the class is defined.
I know dependency injection is the usual way to go, but is this ever a viable solution?
Thanks!
