PHP - Reuse Code within a Class
I have a PHP class for working with a REST API. I have a few methods to return basic information from the API - but most of the data comes from a single API call.
For example, let's assume that we are referring to an API to get models of cars:
CAR API
http://cars.com/webservice/getCars.jsp?ALL
This request (not a real webservice btw) would return ALL cars.
Let's say I want to a list of ALL of the cars with V6 engines. Let's say that this iS NOT a function of the API.
The logical thing to do would be to retrieve ALL of the cars, filter based on the criteria, and then return what we're looking for.
Now...let's say we want a BUNCH of different details about cars - wheels, brakes, spark plugs, etc. It wouldn't make sense to repeat the same code to retrieve the initial list of cars.
class Cars {
public function getCars() {
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$output = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $output;
}
public function getCarEngines($type) {
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$output = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
//Get Engines from list of cars
return $output['engines'][$type];
}
}
How do I effectively replicate my code so I can offer additional methods while minimizing lines of code?