Question

Here is the function I got:

function update_user_information($aUserId, $aName, $aPassword)

If I would like to update one more attribute, I need to do something like this:

function update_user_information($aUserId, $aName, $aPassword, $aEmail)

If the user table keep extend, my function will always change, how to make it simpler for future update? Thank you.

Answer 1

I would create a Bean in a java style.
this way I think is more appropriate way to keep the logic simple.
see bellow how to use it

class user{

    private $name;
    private $userName;


    public function update(){
       ///business logic
    }

    public function getName(){
       return $this->name;
    }
    public function getUserName(){
       return $this->userName;
    }

    public function setName($name){
        $this->name = $name;
    }
    public function getUserName($userName){
        $this->userName = $userName;
    }
}
//this is how you user it.

    $user = new User();
    $user->setName('test');
    $user->update();

this way you can add more functionality like insert(), clone(), sendMailToUser() without the need to handle the parameters again and again in each function.