_db = $db; } //it gets the data from database by User ID public function findById($id){ if($user_data = $this->_db->getRowById($id)){ $this->setId($id); $this->setName($user_data['name']); $this->setPicture($user_data['picture']); } } public function getId() { return $this->_id; } public function setId($id){ $this->_id = $id; } public function getName() { return $this->_name; } public function setName($name){ $this->_name = $name; } public function getPicture() { return $this->_picture; } public function setPicture($picture){ $this->_picture = $picture; } } //this one gets model properties and return the html code class UserView{ public function profileShortcut($id, $name, $picture){ if($name){ $output = ''; $output .= '

'; $output .= ' ' . $name . ''; $output .= ''; return $output; } else { return '

user not found.

'; } } public function showAsListItem($name, $picture){ if($name){ $output = '

'; $output .= '

'; $output .= ' ' . $name . ''; $output .= '

'; $output .= '

'; return $output; } else { return '

not found

'; } } } // this class will stands between the model and its view. class UserController{ private $_model, $_view; public function __construct(UserModel $modelObject, UserView $viewObject){ $this->_model = $modelObject; $this->_view = $viewObject; } //pass the id to the model public function findById($id){ return $this->_model->findById($id); } public function getId(){ return $this->_model->getId(); } public function setId($id){ $this->_model->setId($id); } public function getName(){ return $this->_model->getName(); } public function setName($name){ $this->_model->setName($name); } public function getPicture(){ return $this->_model->getPicture(); } public function setPicture($picture){ $this->_model->setPicture($picture); } //pass the model's property to the view so we could print it. public function profileShortcut(){ return $this->_view->profileShortcut($this->_model->getId(), $this->_model->getName(), $this->_model->getPicture()); } public function showAsListItem(){ return $this->_view->showAsListItem($this->_model->getName(), $this->_model->getPicture()); } } /* don't get confiused on this one, It's a shitty codding I know :D * just using it to get some data * it's a good practice to use singltone pattern for database class but I just wanted to keep it simple. */ class Database{ private $_data; public function __construct(){ $this->_data = array( array('id'=> 1, 'name'=> 'Hiva', 'picture'=> '15_user1.jpg'), array('id'=> 2, 'name'=> 'Mansour', 'picture'=> '15_user2.jpg'), array('id'=> 3, 'name'=> 'Farhad', 'picture'=> '15_user3.jpg'), array('id'=> 4, 'name'=> 'Kamran', 'picture'=> '15_user4.jpg'), array('id'=> 5, 'name'=> 'Masoud', 'picture'=> '15_user5.jpg'), array('id'=> 6, 'name'=> 'Behnam', 'picture'=> '15_user6.jpg'), array('id'=> 7, 'name'=> 'Mehrdad', 'picture'=> '15_user7.jpg') ); } public function getData(){ return $this->_data; } public function getRowById($id){ for($i = 0; $i < count($this->_data); $i++){ if($this->_data[$i]['id'] == $id){ return $this->_data[$i]; } } return false; } } //css codes echo ' '; // start page coding $database = new Database(); $userModel = new UserModel($database); $userView = new UserView(); $user = new UserController($userModel, $userView); $user->findById(1); echo $user->profileShortcut(); echo '

'; $list = ''; foreach( $database->getdata() as $user_data ){ $userModel = new UserModel($database); $userView = new UserView(); $user = new UserController($userModel, $userView); $user->setId($user_data['id']); $user->setName($user_data['name']); $user->setPicture($user_data['picture']); $list .= $user->showAsListItem(); } echo '

' . $list . ''; ?>

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