I learned OOP from PHP5 and MySQL Bible by Wiley, and PHP and MySQL Web Development by Welling and Thompson. Neither of those provided good examples of classes, nor is either one OOP dedicated, but both are good sources for structure and syntax. I learned classes by downloading free php code written by other folks, like phpBB, cakePHP, Joomla, Drupal, etc. These gave me the general idea of how classes are used practically. It helped me that I was writing code that was heavy on functions before making the move to OOP. I was already doing a lot of encapsulation. I wish you luck on your transition. For me, the move to OOP was the best thing I could have done. I am building a nice library of classes, and have re-used many of them on various projects. -----Original Message----- From: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of tony Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 3:00 PM To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: OOP PHP Books Hi all, Mew to OOP and sort of a beginner to PHP. I am looking for a good reference book on OOP PHP. I haven't programmed in about 25 years and am only learning about objects now. I can handle myself in PHP using procedural programming pretty well. I am looking for a good reference book on OOP PHP. The online tutorials are great but I need to see real life examples and a reference I can hold and page through when I hit a "class" wall. Any recommendations would be appreciated. (I have already checked Amazon and user ratings, and there aren't any OOP PHP books with enough ratings for me to feel comfortable enough to order a book. I have too many books I have bought on Amazon that weren't worth the ratings they were given!) Thanks, Tony [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
