Let's say for example I had a localised date class where the normal usage was to create an object.\[code\]$d = new Date(mktime(), 'MM-DD-YYYY', array('locale' => 'es'));\[/code\]Now, what if I didn't want to always create a new object explicitly, but instead wanted something more along the lines of...\[code\]<p>The date is <?php echo Date::formatDate( mktime(), 'MM-DD-YYYY', array('locale'=>'es') );?></p>\[/code\]In my \[code\]formatDate\[/code\] method, would it be a good idea to invoke the constructor to internally create a date object, or should I completely make all internal method calls static?\[code\]class Date { function getLocalisedDate( $time, $format, $options ) { $obj = Date:
ate( $time, $format, $options ); // invoke the constructor return $obj->get(); }};\[/code\]I haven't developed many classes, I'm wondering if it's a common pattern in OO languages.
ate( $time, $format, $options ); // invoke the constructor return $obj->get(); }};\[/code\]I haven't developed many classes, I'm wondering if it's a common pattern in OO languages.