Hi all I have a question about PHP Class. I am trying to get the result from Mysql via PHP. I would like to know if the best practice is to display the result inside the Class or store the result and handle it in html.

For example, display result inside the Class

class Schedule {
           public $currentWeek;

            function teamQuery($currentWeek){

            $this->currentWeek=$currentWeek;


            }
            function getSchedule(){
                $connection = mysql_connect(DB_SERVER,DB_USER,DB_PASS);
                    if (!$connection) {
                        die("Database connection failed: " . mysql_error());
                    }

                    $db_select = mysql_select_db(DB_NAME,$connection);
                    if (!$db_select) {
                        die("Database selection failed: " . mysql_error());
                    }

                  $scheduleQuery=mysql_query("SELECT guest, home, time, winner, pickEnable FROM $this->currentWeek ORDER BY time", $connection);

                    if (!$scheduleQuery){
                        die("database has errors: ".mysql_error());
                          }


                    while($row=mysql_fetch_array($scheduleQuery, MYSQL_NUMS)){
                    //display the result..ex: echo $row['winner'];

                    }     
                    mysql_close($scheduleQuery); 

                    //no returns
                    }


        }

Or return the query result as a variable and handle in php

class Schedule {
           public $currentWeek;

            function teamQuery($currentWeek){

            $this->currentWeek=$currentWeek;


            }
            function getSchedule(){
                $connection = mysql_connect(DB_SERVER,DB_USER,DB_PASS);
                    if (!$connection) {
                        die("Database connection failed: " . mysql_error());
                    }

                    $db_select = mysql_select_db(DB_NAME,$connection);
                    if (!$db_select) {
                        die("Database selection failed: " . mysql_error());
                    }

                  $scheduleQuery=mysql_query("SELECT guest, home, time, winner, pickEnable FROM $this->currentWeek ORDER BY time", $connection);

                    if (!$scheduleQuery){
                        die("database has errors: ".mysql_error());
                    // create an array    }
                    $ret = array();   

                    while($row=mysql_fetch_array($scheduleQuery, MYSQL_NUMS)){

                    $ret[]=$row;
                    }     
                    mysql_close($scheduleQuery); 

                    return $ret;  // and handle the return value in php
                    }


            }

Two things here:

1. I found that returned variable in php is a little bit complex to play with since it is two dimension array. I am not sure what the best practice is and would like to ask you experts opinions.

2. Every time I create a new method, I have to recreate the $connection variable: see below

   $connection = mysql_connect(DB_SERVER,DB_USER,DB_PASS); if (!$connection) { die("Database connection failed: " . mysql_error()); }

                       $db_select = mysql_select_db(DB_NAME,$connection);
                       if (!$db_select) {
                           die("Database selection failed: " . mysql_error());
                       }
   

It seems like redundant to me. Can I only do it once instead of calling it anytime I need a query? I am new to php class. hope you guys can help me. thanks.