php question (1)

[wu_trax]

ok, i started learning this strange language.
i tryed to define a class, but i need two constructors, one that takes an argument and one that doesnt.
is that possible? this:

function Movie($bla){
               ...
        }
        
function Movie() {
                ...
        }

doesnt work

(i could work around somehow, if it isnt possible, i just want to know)

[wu_trax]

how do i forward a request? in java i could do something like this:

response.sendRedirect("whereever.jsp");

or

getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/whereever.jsp").forward(request, response);

hgow do i do that in php? i know about that include-thingy, but that doesnt give me a new, clean page

[pablissimo]

Originally posted by wu_trax
ok, i started learning this strange language.
i tryed to define a class, but i need two constructors, one that takes an argument and one that doesnt.
is that possible? this:

function Movie($bla){
               ...
        }
        
function Movie() {
                ...
        }

doesnt work

(i could work around somehow, if it isnt possible, i just want to know)

http://www.phppatterns.com/index.php...leview/28/1/2/

Edit:
Looks like (as I don't do PHP) that the language didn't until recently include the ability to overload functions, including class constructors, and that the effect was acheivable in 'some other manner' as described in that page.

[wu_trax]

thanks, and thanks for that page
(i dont get along with that language at all )

[queball]

Originally posted by wu_trax
how do i forward a request? in java i could do something like this:

response.sendRedirect("whereever.jsp");

or

getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/whereever.jsp").forward(request, response);

hgow do i do that in php? i know about that include-thingy, but that doesnt give me a new, clean page

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php

Not trying to start an argument with anyone, but are you really this desperate for a job?

[wu_trax]

Originally posted by queball
Not trying to start an argument with anyone, but are you really this desperate for a job?

i need to work for half a year in some company as part of my study and every company i found around here does something with php. i think i could do quite a lot with java, but with php ... nothing
without finding a job now i could waste yet another semester on discussing the foreign affairs policy of the usa, which is not all that usefull :/
i guess i should just try to do things a little slower and not try to understand everything at once. i get along with some things though, reading and writing data into a mysql-database is not that complicated

thanks anyway

how do i forward a request? in java i could do something like this:

response.sendRedirect("whereever.jsp");

or

getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/whereever.jsp").forward(request, response);

hgow do i do that in php? i know about that include-thingy, but that doesnt give me a new, clean page

You have to send "Location" Header... for example:

PHP Code:

header ("Location: http://www.example.com"); 


[MT]

You will find with most things that PHP is more of a text manipulation language than a web language, especially when compared to servlets or asp.net.

Dont get me wrong, its very nice (and very free) but its not as polished as its competitors.

[wu_trax]

i just finished my first application (something to access my movie-database) \o/
its very nice you can write a program without having any real idea of what you are doing

You can't compare PHP with servlets cause PHP is a script language and not a server application. PHP is all right for normal dynamic web pages, but for bigger serverbased applications I'd prefer a language like Java.

[wu_trax]

Originally posted by Ares
You can't compare PHP with servlets cause PHP is a script language and not a server application. PHP is all right for normal dynamic web pages, but for bigger serverbased applications I'd prefer a language like Java.

ididnt want to compare them, its just that ive got some experience with java / jsps and close to none with php

And I got experience with PHP but not (yet) with Java / jsp

[Mong]

Originally posted by Ares
You can't compare PHP with servlets cause PHP is a script language and not a server application.

Exactly PHP was never intended to compete with Java et al. Although these days PHP is really looking good. I favour it over ASP for example.

M.

[wu_trax]

i just read something about webservices and php. sounds like you can do a bit more than just acessing a database.

[Jester]

Originally posted by wu_trax
i just read something about webservices and php. sounds like you can do a bit more than just acessing a database.

Be careful, grasshopper, for stepping down this path may lead to Demented PHP Disciple syndrom.

Jester

[xtothez]

Originally posted by wu_trax
i just read something about webservices and php. sounds like you can do a bit more than just acessing a database.

I've written a set of IRC services in PHP.

Easy.

[wu_trax]

Originally posted by Jester
Be careful, grasshopper, for stepping down this path may lead to Demented PHP Disciple syndrom.

Jester

dont worry, i still dont like the language and probably never will

[Jester]

Originally posted by xtothez
I've written a set of IRC services in PHP.

Easy.

Considering the amount of IRC services floating around the internet I'd hazard a guess that the simple act of writing an IRC service package is easy in and of itself. The language chosen is of little consequence.

Jester