Question

I am wondering if you were to write the following Codeigniter PHP code:

$this->load->library('form_validation');

In C++

would it be something like this

class CI {}; //class

CI this; //instance of class made called this

this.load.library('form_validation'); 

This is purely academic and not for practical purposes.

As I am trying to make an equivelant to CI in C++ for fun

Thanks

Answer 1

There is just so much wrong with this question.

C++ is a compiled language vs PHP which is interpreted.

In C++ one has to include references to libraries using the #include statement. This effectively implants the source of that file into the file being used.

The codeigniter example is loading its own library code since its a framework.

This could be accomplished in C++ by writing one’s own framework and libraries.

Codeigniter is basically parsing the library at runtime to add functionality.

The same could be done by writing a server wrapper with functionality to import C++ code when passed a library argument.