[wp-hackers] How to use $wpdb in plugins

[Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq]

Can't you stick it in a class variable instead?

On 01/07/2014 07:43 PM, Dobri wrote:
> How is
>
> $db = self::db();
> //do stuff with $db
>
> different from
>
> global $wpdb;
> //do stuff with $wpdb
>
> Unless you use it for one call only (self::db()->query() or something), I don't see much benefit in this method?
>
> ~Dobri
>
> On Mon, 6 Jan 2014, at 5:53 PM, Ben May wrote:
>
>> I usually have a base class that all other classes extend, and have a
>> self::db() which basically globals $wpdb once and returns it, saves having
>> to write global $wpdb; each class.
>>
>>
>> On 7 January 2014 01:58, Leo Baiano <ljunior2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What better way to use the global $ wpdb in building a plugin? I'm working
>>> on a plugin and some methods need to access data in the database tables,
>>> including creating, and I was in doubt about the best way, like, do not
>>> want to quit repeating global $ wpdb in all methods of my class.
>>>
>>> How do you do?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Amplexos,
>>>
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