Include DB output from a file in an class - php

Question

I'm trying to edit an class with an DB driven result.
I use ColorInterpreter by Our Code World, which is a PHP port of the JavaScript library NTC JS.
In this class is a public variable which is a array of hex/colorname pairs. This is hardcoded into the class. I want to make this dynamic with the use of an DB output.
I'm still struggeling with classes so I can't get my head around this.
colornames.inc.php:
Outputs something like this:
Array
(
[b0bf1a] => Acid Green
[7cb9e8] => Aero
[c9ffe5] => Aero Blue
[b284be] => African Violet
[00308f] => Air Force Blue (USAF)
[72a0c1] => Air superiority Blue
...
}
ColorInterpreter.php:
class ColorInterpreter
{
public function __construct()
{
$color = null;
$rgb = null;
$hsl = null;
$name = null;
for($i = 0; $i < count($this->names); $i++)
{
$color = "#".$this->names[$i][0];
$rgb = $this->rgb($color);
$hsl = $this->hsl($color);
array_push
(
$this->names[$i],
$rgb[0],
$rgb[1],
$rgb[2],
$hsl[0],
$hsl[1],
$hsl[2]
);
}
}
public function name($color)
{
...
}
// adopted from: Farbtastic 1.2
// http://acko.net/dev/farbtastic
public function hsl($color)
{
...
}
// adopted from: Farbtastic 1.2
// http://acko.net/dev/farbtastic
public function rgb($color)
{
...
}
public function color($name)
{
...
}
// Below is the part I need to replace with the output given from colornames.inc.php
public $names = array(
// Pink colors
array("FFC0CB", "Pink"),
array("FFB6C1", "Light Pink"),
array("FF69B4", "Hot Pink"),
array("FF1493", "Deep Pink"),
array("DB7093", "Pale Violet Red"),
array("C71585", "Medium Violet Red"),
array("E0115F", "Ruby"),
array("FF6FFF", "Ultra"),
...
);
}
I don't know how, if or where I could/should include the colornames.inc.php
And I don't know where to correctly declare the needed variables. Obviously, $this->names represent the hardcoded array, but how has this to be changed to reflect the DB output I have?
I'm completely lost here.

Answer 1

Your best option is to create a function that returns the values, and then pass that as the constructor when you create the class. e.g.
include 'file_with_function.php';
include 'file_with_class.php';
$initialColorValues = my_get_color_values();
$newObject = new ColorObject($initialColorValues);
Now you can process that array in the constructor, and you have an object that is seeded with the correct color values
class XYZ {
public $names;
public function __construct($names){
// ... do work
$this->names = $work;
}
}