It depends on the size and scope of your project. For the most part, you should know what you have coded before and when encountering something new, the previous work should help in doing the new work. Hth Wolf -----Original Message----- From: skylark <myphplist@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 5:16 AM To: PHP General List <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: When to use design patterns? Hi all, Design patterns are really hot today. And I am really interested when and how often they are used. It is said that 99% of the projects don't need them. Any opinion appreciated. Regards, Shelley -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php