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With the surge of popularity of PHP 5, and with PHP 6 just around the corner, Object-Oriented Programming is now an important consideration for PHP developers. This version-neutral book is a gentle introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) that wont overburden you with complex theory. It teaches you the essential basics of OOP that youll need to know before moving onto a more advanced level, and includes a series of pre-packaged scripts that you can incorporate into your existing sites with the minimum of effort. It shows how OOP can be used to create reusable and portable code by walking you through a series of simple projects. The projects feature the sorts of things developers run up against every day, and include a validator for filtering user input, a simple Date class that avoids the need to remember all the esoteric format codes in PHP, and an XML generator. - Teaches the fundamentals of OOP
- Simple projects show how OOP concepts work in the real world
- Pre-packaged scripts can easily be added to your own projects
What youll learn - PHP features, such as the Standard PHP Library (SPL), that are poorly documented or ignored by existing books
- How to develop classes of their own
- OOP in easy-to-understand language without getting bogged down in dense theory
- Solid foundations for developers wishing to delve more deeply into OOP
- How to leverage the strengths of OOP as a means for creating reusable code that can be used successfully within a procedural context
- How to code for both PHP 5 and 6
Who is this book for? This book is aimed at intermediate-level PHP developers who want to take their skills to the next level by exploring object-oriented programming as a way of creating reusable code for a everyday website tasks. A typical reader would be someone who has read one of the authors previous title, such as PHP Solutions, or one of the PHP books for Dreamweaverand feels ready to tackle something a little more challenging.
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 I liked this one alot |
| Review Date: October 13, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Lee Thornton, Fort Lauderdale |
| This book really covered alot of topics that I work with on a daily basis and showed me step by step how to implement then using OOP. I was really pleased with the lessons and I learned alot from this book. I recomend it to anyone who is trying to move to the Object Oriented PHP way of doing things. |
Best way to learn OOP in PHP
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| Review Date: October 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Maarten v K, Holland |
I have read a few books on OOP (there is always something new to learn), but this one is the best by far.
Good constant level of complexity; not too abstract, not too easy, but something to put your teeth in, sweat a little, but in the end come to a good understanding of the subject without frustrations.
There are many examples following the to the point explanations. It's always a challenge for an author I guess to address the reader at a good adequate level to hold his/her attention. Knowing where the bottlenecks are. Giving a concrete example when it start to become abstract. Offering meaningful cases. The author does al that!
This book is a real must for anybody who wants too start learning OOP from the beginning, although it's recommendable to know a good deal of (procedural) php when starting with this book.
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Great Book For Intro To OOP/PHP
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| Review Date: October 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Timothy Piele, Seattle, WA USA |
| If you have a solid understanding of procedural PHP, including variables, functions, arrays etc. then this is the perfect next step. It's a great introduction to classes, objects, abstract classes and interfaces. It's a pretty easy read but prepare to do some studying and follow along by writing the code out yourself for practice. |
Excellent
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| Review Date: December 18, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Jonathan Steinmann, TAMPA, FL USA |
| I've enjoyed all of the books by David Powers, and this one lives up to those expectations. This is a great place to start for all getting started in OOP, and builds a foundation of sound programming. I highly recommend the book. |
its a good book
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| Review Date: June 16, 2010 |
| Reviewer: jimmy dean, |
i'm a procedural PHP developer with a few years of experience. i have been working on adapting to OOP methods and best practices (where applicable only--i dont write everything in OOP). the book is everything it was promised to be. i read "php & MySQL development" first by Luke Welling and Laura Thompson-- the 50 pages or so of OOP content there helped me a bit. I did several tutorials as well.. at this point, with my level of understanding, the david powers OOP book was perfect for me. it helped me understand how to apply OOP in a way that actually improved my projects. the reading is right at my level, and the examples are helpful. there's some explanations that david powers uses to explain OOP that i have not seen elsewhere.
i highly recommend the book for beginning or intermediate developers trying to improve their depth of understanding related to OOP. if you're already an expert, then you might feel more critical; who knows. however, if you are truly an 'expert' maybe you don't need any books at all ;)
so far this book has taken me one step closer to a guru level knowledge of PHP. at the same time, i now have more depth in my comprehension of OOP-- a 'best practice' that applies to many languages, not just PHP. |
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