abstract class postParent { protected $querySQL; public $fetchResult; public $timeAgo; // eg : 2 days ago abstract protected function buildHTML(); public function getSQL() { return $this->querySQL; } public function fetchResult( $result ) { $this->fetchResult = mysql_fetch_assoc( $result ); } public function error() {} } class readArticle extends postParent { public function __construct( $id ) { $this->querySQL =<<<eof SELECT title, author, text, unixtime FROM post WHERE id = $id ORDER BY unixtime DESC; eof; } public function buildHTML() { return <<<eof <div id="post-text"> <div class="post-title-div"> <h4> <a href="http://foodstory.me/post.php?id={$this->fetchResult['id']}" class="post-title-a" > {$this->fetchResult['title']} </a> </h4> </div> <div class="post-info-div"> <span class='post-info-author'>{$this->fetchResult['author']}</span> at <time class='post-info-time'>{$this->timeAgo}</time> </div> <div class="post-p-div"> {$this->fetchResult['text']} </div> </div> eof; } }