Call or Instantiate?

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I building a website in php where I'll have to make User, Case & Task classes, each of which going to have couple of methods. In my index.php I'll need to do some CRUD operation that I've wrote in my classes. So which is better to call a method and send parameters to like Case::update(2) or its better to instantiate the class first then call a method like

$case = new Case();
$case->update(2);

This highly (and only) depends on the architecture you have chosen. — KingCrunch, Jul 16 '11 at 23:01
Ans: Consider this: Can you rephrase your question so that it can be answered objectively? — Arafangion, Jul 16 '11 at 23:47
Don't use static classes/calls for such things -- it's MUCH MORE difficult to debug and extend such code. Definitely go "instantiate" way. — LazyOne, Jul 17 '11 at 00:17

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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Well, as KingCrunch already mentioned in the comments, it totally depends on your whole architecture. Furthermore, it also depends on your preferences. If you read through the following links you may have a better overview and can choose for yourself:

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Jul 17 '11 at 00:04

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Good resources, thank you very much. – Ansd Jul 17 '11 at 13:36

Call or Instantiate?

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