Different instantiation of a module

[Guido1982]

I see that we have:

PHP Code:

        $modname = 'SalesOrder';
        $module = Vtiger_Module::getInstance($modname); 


To get a module instance. But is that (and if so, how) different from

PHP Code:

$so_focus = new SalesOrder(); 


?

[joebordes]

The difference is that getInstance() will include the class file for you. In other words,

$focus = new XX();

requires that you have previously done

require_once('modules/XX/XX.php');

while the getInstance will check if the file is not loaded yet and load it for you

[Guido1982]

Ah, good to know. But any way you instantiate, the same methods will be available?

[joebordes]

yes, it is exactly the same, getInstance() ends creating a new XX()