On 6/2/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For PHP 4.x sites I used my index page to capture the HTTP request and use a > switch statement to call the content or task based on the $_GET and $_POST > arrays. That was very inefficient and the Switch case became totally > unmanageable along with the rest of the site. > > I am re-designing the site using PHP5 and OO design patterns like Composite > and Builder as an example. I know these are basic patterns but its a start. > Anyway I am not sure how to capture the HTTP request and pass it to the > relevant objects. Is there a generic Œway¹ developers process the request > to call the classes and generate the needed objects in PHP5?
I'd use $_REQUEST if I were expecting to access both $_GET and $_POST arrays frequently/equally. __autoload() is pretty handy, keeps you from writing tons of include statements. -- Greg Donald Zend Certified Engineer http://destiney.com/