| PHP is one of the most popular scripting languages of the last couple of years. Almost 60% of web servers are running on Apache with PHP. It is so popular that millions of websites and web applications are developed every month using PHP. PHP started its journey as a simple replacement for Perl, and in a few years it became tremendously popular and powerful. The language itself is closely similar to ANSI C.
One of the reasons why PHP became so popular is its short learning curve. Learning PHP is not a big job, especially if you are familiar with the syntax of Java or C. As writing PHP scripts is easy, anyone can write PHP code without following conventions and mixing presentation layers with business logics (which is one of the main reasons why there are large amounts of unmanageable projects floating around). Because there are no strict coding conventions followed in PHP, over the years as a project gets bigger, it can turn into an unmanageable demon.
OOP or Object Oriented Programming is a good programming practise to create manageable projects more easily. Procedural programming means writing code without objects. Procedural programming consists of codes with or without routines. OOP enlightens any language for better coding, for best performance and for writing very big projects without worrying a lot about managing them. OOP gives you facilities to create reusable objects that you or other developers can use in their projects without reinventing them again and again. OOP removes the hassles and difficulties of writing and managing big applications.
In this book we are going to discuss how you can achieve maximum benefits using OOP with PHP, using step-by-step instructions, real life examples how OOP helps you to write effective code, how to improve your coding style, and how to reuse them over time. This book won't work as a reference for PHP language; we will just cover OOP features of PHP and not the basics of general PHP. If you are looking for a good reference book, consult the PHP manual at first and then you can study Core PHP Programming, a very good book written by Leon Atkinson. |
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