I would venture to say that most web applications are built with a combination of procedural and OOP code. And, the smaller the project, usually, the less OOP code that is used. It really depends on what you're doing as to what mix you use. There are some theoretic advantages of using OOP design, but sometimes, procedural code just works better, faster, and is easier to build. As far as the concepts, I don't know of a book, as I hardly ever read them. However, I'd recommend starting with these articles: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=605374&seqNum=2 http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=24607 And, then read over the OOP documentation at PHP.net. On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 10:52 PM, markwatling@xxxxxxxxx < markwatling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi All > > Am trying to determine how many people on this list use OOP, & what books > they have found useful (or not) in learning about it. Would appreciate as > many members as possible taking a few minutes to answer the following > questions. (Please send responses direct to me & not to the list) > > 1. Do you currently use OOP in your PHP scripting? > > 2. If not, what are (briefly) your reasons for not doing so? > > 3. Whether you use OOP or not, what books have you read/utilised about OOP > in PHP ? please give book title, author and rate the book from 1 to 10, > where 1 = dire & 10 = excellent, on each of the following criteria: > > ease of understanding for newcomers to the subject > provision of clear explanations of OOP concepts > clarity of code examples > bug level of code examples > the book's capacity to motivate you to switch to OOP > > Additionally for each book - would you say the learning curve was > consistent or did the complexity of the instruction move suddenly from > simple to highly advanced with a noticeable lack of intermediate content ? a > simple consistent/sudden jump answer will be fine but feel free to add > comment if you wish. > > Any other comments about OOP & OOP books gratefully received. > > Thanks in advance > > Mark > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Are you looking for a PHP job? Join the PHP Professionals directory Now! http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: php-objects-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx php-objects-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
