Naming php function and php class based on your variable name

Question

I have php class and php function that are used together , since im making few of the edits to same files on and off I have to rename my class and function based on the file I am working on so , the code is like this

  class myclassName{
       function myfunctionName{
       }
  }

and later used as

$myvariable = myclassName::myfunctionname($getwhatineed);

so I would like to do this

$default_cf_name ="DesiredName";

  class prefix_$default_cf_name{
       function prefix_$default_cf_name{
       }
  }

As a general rule, if you make a change, and then have to apply the same change in multiple files, you're doing something wrong. — AndrewR
– AndrewR, Commented Oct 10, 2011 at 18:27

j3ffz · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-10 18:36:07Z

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You may want to read up on Object-Oriented PHP for Beginners.

answered Oct 10, 2011 at 18:36

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Kaivosukeltaja · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-10 18:31:25Z

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For what it's worth, that looks like a pretty horrible thing to do. You can achieve that at least by writing the class creation code into a string and passing it through eval() but you may make a lot of your fellow coders angry with that.

edited Oct 10, 2011 at 18:31

answered Oct 10, 2011 at 18:26

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Benn Over a year ago

sorry but using eval() is not an option , the code must be safe and I cannot guarantee since there are more than 5 devs working on the project, but like I advised above simple check helps allot.

Benn · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-12 18:08:08Z

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To understand better why I asked , I am reusing same class and same functions over and over again and get name clashing , to avoid it I was thinking of the var naming the functions/classes but this saved me lot of time

http://www.digimantra.com/technology/php/avoid-fatal-error-redeclare-function-php/#comment-258354

a simple

if(!function_exists('myfunc')){
}

check fixes the issue , same thing with

if(!class_exists('myclass')){
}

answered Oct 12, 2011 at 18:08

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