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Making Helpers more Helpful - El Forum - 04-09-2010
[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Wouldn't it be better if Helpers were abstract classes with static methods, rather than php scripts with random floating methods?
Once you loaded a helper, like so:
Code:
$this->load->helper('my_helper')It could then be accessed like so:
Code:
my_helper::function_name(args)It would make code more readable, and further CI's commitment to OO PHP.
(Yes I know this wouldn't run on PHP4).
Making Helpers more Helpful - El Forum - 04-10-2010
[eluser]adamp1[/eluser]
I suppose then it turns into what CI defines as a library. One reason I would like this is so I can better Unit Test my code, as you may/may not know functions which have already been loaded are impossible to mock.