I have one PHP class thus:
class DB extends mysqli{
public function __construct(
{
parent::__construct('localhost','user','password','db');
}
}
My problem is that I want to override this class with a new one that performs more privileged database operations with a different db user.
class adminDB extends DB{
public function __construct(
{
??
}
}
}
What should I do here?
You should pass the credentials to the constructor anyway:
class DB extends mysqli {
public function __construct($host, $user, $password, $db)
{
parent::__construct($host, $user, $password, $db);
}
}
Then you don't need inheritance you can just use:
$adminDb = new DB($adminHost, $adminUser, $adminPassword, $db);
$nonAdminDb = new DB($host, $user, $password, $db);
But if you really want inheritance you could still do this:
class AdminDB extends DB {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct('adminhost','adminuser','adminpassword','db');
}
}