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<blockquote data-quote="Markshall" data-source="post: 227524" data-attributes="member: 1872">It seems method chaining has become more popular lately and a lot of people wonder how to do it, this simple tutorial will show you how.[PHP]&lt;?phpclass Animal { //give the class a name&nbsp; &nbsp; public function Dog() { //method&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; echo 'Woof';&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return $this; //return Animal (this is basically what makes it chainable)&nbsp; &nbsp; }&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; public function Cat() {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; echo 'Meow';&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return $this;&nbsp; &nbsp; }&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; public function Sheep() {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; echo 'Baa';&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return $this;&nbsp; &nbsp; }}$animal = new Animal();$animal-&gt;Dog()-&gt;Cat()-&gt;Sheep();?&gt;[/PHP]The outcome would then become:You can also reuse the methods in a single chain, such as:[PHP]$animal-&gt;Dog()-&gt;Cat()-&gt;Dog()-&gt;Dog()-&gt;Sheep();[/PHP]Most people use this for eye-candy but it also makes code easier to read if coded properly.Hope it helped,Mark</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Markshall, post: 227524, member: 1872"] It seems method chaining has become more popular lately and a lot of people wonder how to do it, this simple tutorial will show you how. [PHP]<?php class Animal { //give the class a name public function Dog() { //method echo 'Woof'; return $this; //return Animal (this is basically what makes it chainable) } public function Cat() { echo 'Meow'; return $this; } public function Sheep() { echo 'Baa'; return $this; } } $animal = new Animal(); $animal->Dog()->Cat()->Sheep(); ?>[/PHP] The outcome would then become: You can also reuse the methods in a single chain, such as: [PHP]$animal->Dog()->Cat()->Dog()->Dog()->Sheep();[/PHP] Most people use this for eye-candy but it also makes code easier to read if coded properly. Hope it helped, Mark [/QUOTE]

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