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Manage Huge PHP Class File

I have a huge php class with very long code in it. This make the file is big with lots of coding and hard to maintain. Is there anyway that I can split the class into a few files for easier maintaining?

Thank you.

Solution

  • It depends on whether or not you can split the class in to subclasses.

    What I mean is that you should ask yourself "does this method apply to this class or would it belong to a subclass?"

    For example,

    Class Animal
  - dog_bark()

    dog_bark() could be moved to a class named Dog, and the method renamed to bark()