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POPHP: Stop class execution without terminating the script (Or includes)
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    copied!<p>In the class below, I need kill() to end whatever is going on within the class and just stop all and any processes WITHIN the class, not the script:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php class email { //Expressions const exp_name = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/"; const exp_email = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/'; const error = "We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.&lt;br/&gt;"; private $msg = 'Thank you for subscribing'; protected $status = true; function __construct() { self::validate(); echo '&lt;br/&gt;the CLASS continued&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;'; } private function validate() { //Empty fields foreach ($_REQUEST as $key =&gt; $value) { $val = str_replace( ' ', '', $value ); if ( $val === '' ) { self::error( 'empty', $key ); self::kill(); //If empty, this should end the loop and class } //if:empty } //foreach //Validate Name if( !preg_match(self::exp_name,$_POST['Name']) ) { self::error( 'name' ); self::kill(); //kill //Validate e-Mail if( !preg_match(self::exp_email,$_POST['e-Mail']) ) { self::error( 'email' ); self::kill(); //kill } } public function status() { return $this-&gt;status; } public function msg() { return $this-&gt;msg; } private function error( $type = null, $value = null ) { switch( $type ) { case 'empty': $this-&gt;msg = self::error . "&lt;div class='error'&gt;&lt;b&gt;The following field is empty: &lt;/b&gt;" . $value . "&lt;/div&gt;"; self::set( false ); break; case 'name': $this-&gt;msg = self::error . "&lt;div class='error'&gt;&lt;b&gt;The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;"; self::set( false ); break; case 'email': $this-&gt;msg = self::error . "&lt;div class='error'&gt;&lt;b&gt;The e-Mail you entered does not appear to be valid.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;"; self::set( false ); break; default: self::set( false ); $this-&gt;msg = self::error; } return; //kill app } private function set( $boolean = false ) { $this-&gt;status = $boolean; } private function kill() { //die(); //exit( $this ); //exit(); //return; //break; } } $email = new email(); echo $email-&gt;msg(); echo '&lt;br/&gt;'; echo '&lt;br/&gt;'; echo 'The script continued!!!'; ?&gt; </code></pre>
 

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