php - Functions vs. Static Methods

Question

I've got a few functions that deal with cookies. Would it be a horrible idea to group them by moving them to a class of their own and use them as static methods?

Functions:

function cookie_get(){}
function cookie_set(){}
function cookie_delete(){}

Static methods:

class cookie
{
    static function get(){}
    static function set(){}
    static function delete(){}
}

Answer 1

It would be a great idea, provided you are fully aware of the caveats involved. This is known as the Utility Pattern:

Good candidates for utility classes are convenience methods that can be grouped together functionally.