I need $this->self to be identical to and reference to $this, but how in PHP 5.2+?

[comp.lang.php]

[PHP]
<?
class EditResultGener ator extends MethodGenerator ForActionPerfor mer {

/**
* Create an instance of itself if $this does not yet exist as an
EditResultGener ator class object
*
* @access private
* @see is_class
*/
function &generateSel f() { // STATIC VOID METHOD
if (!is_object($th is) || @!is_class($thi s, 'EditResultGene rator')) {
$this->self =& new EditResultGener ator();
} else {
$this->self =& $this;
}
}

}
?>
[/PHP]

This self-generating function serves a purpose to ensure that if part
of the application does this:

[PHP]
<?
EditResultGener ator::getResult ();
?>
[/PHP]

That it will work *exactly* the same as if I did this:

[PHP]
<?
$edit =& new EditResultGener ator();
$result = $edit->getResult();
?>
[/PHP]

However, I cannot change hundreds of lines of code from the former to
the latter just to ensure instantiation is uniform, so I'm stuck with
the fact that I have to generate a $this->self EditResultGener ator
class object if $this does not exist, otherwise, $this->self must be
*absolutely identical* to $this, in fact, be a reference!

This works beautifully in PHP 4.3+, but bombs in PHP 5.2.

How can I get it to work in PHP 5.2+?

Phil

[hackajar]

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.basic.php
Check out example 19-4 & 19-5

Hackajar
comp.lang.php wrote:

[PHP]
<?
class EditResultGener ator extends MethodGenerator ForActionPerfor mer {

/**
* Create an instance of itself if $this does not yet exist as an
EditResultGener ator class object
*
* @access private
* @see is_class
*/
function &generateSel f() { // STATIC VOID METHOD
if (!is_object($th is) || @!is_class($thi s, 'EditResultGene rator')) {
$this->self =& new EditResultGener ator();
} else {
$this->self =& $this;
}
}

}
?>
[/PHP]

This self-generating function serves a purpose to ensure that if part
of the application does this:

[PHP]
<?
EditResultGener ator::getResult ();
?>
[/PHP]

That it will work *exactly* the same as if I did this:

[PHP]
<?
$edit =& new EditResultGener ator();
$result = $edit->getResult();
?>
[/PHP]

However, I cannot change hundreds of lines of code from the former to
the latter just to ensure instantiation is uniform, so I'm stuck with
the fact that I have to generate a $this->self EditResultGener ator
class object if $this does not exist, otherwise, $this->self must be
*absolutely identical* to $this, in fact, be a reference!

This works beautifully in PHP 4.3+, but bombs in PHP 5.2.

How can I get it to work in PHP 5.2+?

Phil

[comp.lang.php]

hackajar wrote:

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.basic.php
Check out example 19-4 & 19-5

Ok, but I don't get it. I understand assignment properties and
instantiation but I guess not enough to see how that pertains to what
I'm doing here.

>
Hackajar
comp.lang.php wrote:

[PHP]
<?
class EditResultGener ator extends MethodGenerator ForActionPerfor mer {

/**
* Create an instance of itself if $this does not yet exist as an
EditResultGener ator class object
*
* @access private
* @see is_class
*/
function &generateSel f() { // STATIC VOID METHOD
if (!is_object($th is) || @!is_class($thi s, 'EditResultGene rator')) {
$this->self =& new EditResultGener ator();
} else {
$this->self =& $this;
}
}

}
?>
[/PHP]

This self-generating function serves a purpose to ensure that if part
of the application does this:

[PHP]
<?
EditResultGener ator::getResult ();
?>
[/PHP]

That it will work *exactly* the same as if I did this:

[PHP]
<?
$edit =& new EditResultGener ator();
$result = $edit->getResult();
?>
[/PHP]

However, I cannot change hundreds of lines of code from the former to
the latter just to ensure instantiation is uniform, so I'm stuck with
the fact that I have to generate a $this->self EditResultGener ator
class object if $this does not exist, otherwise, $this->self must be
*absolutely identical* to $this, in fact, be a reference!

This works beautifully in PHP 4.3+, but bombs in PHP 5.2.

How can I get it to work in PHP 5.2+?

Phil

[Hendri Kurniawan]

comp.lang.php wrote:

[PHP]
<?
class EditResultGener ator extends MethodGenerator ForActionPerfor mer {

/**
* Create an instance of itself if $this does not yet exist as an
EditResultGener ator class object
*
* @access private
* @see is_class
*/
function &generateSel f() { // STATIC VOID METHOD
if (!is_object($th is) || @!is_class($thi s, 'EditResultGene rator')) {
$this->self =& new EditResultGener ator();
} else {
$this->self =& $this;
}
}

}
?>
[/PHP]

This self-generating function serves a purpose to ensure that if part
of the application does this:

[PHP]
<?
EditResultGener ator::getResult ();
?>
[/PHP]

That it will work *exactly* the same as if I did this:

[PHP]
<?
$edit =& new EditResultGener ator();
$result = $edit->getResult();
?>
[/PHP]

However, I cannot change hundreds of lines of code from the former to
the latter just to ensure instantiation is uniform, so I'm stuck with
the fact that I have to generate a $this->self EditResultGener ator
class object if $this does not exist, otherwise, $this->self must be
*absolutely identical* to $this, in fact, be a reference!

This works beautifully in PHP 4.3+, but bombs in PHP 5.2.

How can I get it to work in PHP 5.2+?

Phil

Singleton... I like... :)

<?php
function & generateSelf() {
static $self = null;
if(is_null($sel f)) $self = new EditResultGener ator();
return $self;
}
?>
Hendri Kurniawan

[Hendri Kurniawan]

>

Singleton... I like... :)

<?php
function & generateSelf() {
static $self = null;
if(is_null($sel f)) $self = new EditResultGener ator();
return $self;
}
?>
Hendri Kurniawan

Sorry (forgot static keyword in front of function

<?php
static function & generateSelf() {
static $self = null;
if(is_null($sel f)) $self = new EditResultGener ator();
return $self;
}
?>

Hendri Kurniawan

[comp.lang.php]

Hendri Kurniawan wrote:

Singleton... I like... :)

<?php
function & generateSelf() {
static $self = null;
if(is_null($sel f)) $self = new EditResultGener ator();
return $self;
}
?>
Hendri Kurniawan

Sorry (forgot static keyword in front of function

Actually, I can't use the "static keyword" in front of the function.
Requirements are that it must be compatible all the way back to PHP
4.1.2, so that's out, sorry.

I'll give the rest a try, of course.

>
<?php
static function & generateSelf() {
static $self = null;
if(is_null($sel f)) $self = new EditResultGener ator();
return $self;
}
?>

Hendri Kurniawan

[Toby Inkster]

comp.lang.php wrote:

However, I cannot change hundreds of lines of code from the former to
the latter

Why not? Haven't you heard of search and replace?

--
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Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact

[Koncept]

In article <11************ *********@s80g2 000cwa.googlegr oups.com>,
comp.lang.php <ph************ **@gmail.comwro te:

[PHP]
<?
class EditResultGener ator extends MethodGenerator ForActionPerfor mer {

/**
* Create an instance of itself if $this does not yet exist as an
EditResultGener ator class object
*
* @access private
* @see is_class
*/
function &generateSel f() { // STATIC VOID METHOD
if (!is_object($th is) || @!is_class($thi s, 'EditResultGene rator')) {
$this->self =& new EditResultGener ator();
} else {
$this->self =& $this;
}
}

}
?>
[/PHP]

This self-generating function serves a purpose to ensure that if part
of the application does this:

[PHP]
<?
EditResultGener ator::getResult ();
?>
[/PHP]

That it will work *exactly* the same as if I did this:

[PHP]
<?
$edit =& new EditResultGener ator();
$result = $edit->getResult();
?>
[/PHP]

However, I cannot change hundreds of lines of code from the former to
the latter just to ensure instantiation is uniform, so I'm stuck with
the fact that I have to generate a $this->self EditResultGener ator
class object if $this does not exist, otherwise, $this->self must be
*absolutely identical* to $this, in fact, be a reference!

This works beautifully in PHP 4.3+, but bombs in PHP 5.2.

How can I get it to work in PHP 5.2+?

Phil

For a PHP5 implementation, I wouldn't modify within
EditResultGener ator directly per sae. I would add a Singleton class and
then reference that as needed. For example..

<?php
class Singleton{
private static $instances = array();
private function __construct(){}
public function getInstance($cl ass){
if(!array_key_e xists($class, self::$instance s)){
// PHP5 creates by reference "=&" automatically
self::$instance s[$class] = new $class;
}
return self::$instance s[$class];
}
public final function __clone(){
trigger_error( "Cannot clone Singleton class", E_USER_ERROR );
}
}

// Modified this class as a demo...
class MethodGenerator ForActionPerfor mer{
private $signature;
function __construct(){
$this->signature = rand();
}
function getUnique(){
echo "Unique signature is ", $this->signature,"\n" ;
}
}

class EditResultGener ator extends MethodGenerator ForActionPerfor mer {
// your other methods...
}

// Demo for getting single instance
$edit1 = Singleton::getI nstance('EditRe sultGenerator') ;
$edit2 = Singleton::getI nstance('EditRe sultGenerator') ;

// Test that they are the same
$edit1->getUnique();
$edit2->getUnique();
?>

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"The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes. So do the spirits who are
prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be a spirit." -Nietzsche