Re: [PHP] Beginner Tutorials for using CLASSES in PHP4

Greg -

Greg Maruszeczka wrote:
Jeff:
The following books really helped me get my head around basic
OOP and design patterns in PHP, especially the first one
which directly addresses both PHP4 and PHP5:

1. PHP Architect's Guide to PHP Design Patterns, Jason E.
Sweat, PHP Architect Nanobooks, 2005
2. PHP 5 Objects, Patterns and Practice, Matt Zandstra,
Apress, 2004

It also seems like you might be wanting some direction on
things like ORM and database abstraction. Have you looked into
what some of the PHP-based frameworks are doing in this regard?
I know they're PHP5-only but studying projects like Symfony
and the new Zend Framework have really helped my understanding
quite a bit.
Of course, the usual disclaimers apply.
HTH,
GM
Greg Maruszeczka
Websage Solutions
http://websage.ca
skype: websage.ca

Thanks very much for the reply and suggestions. My local B&N just
set aside their last copy of Jason Sweat's book for me to pick up.

As for database abstraction and frameworks, well... that's a big
"maybe" for me right now. Maybe later.

My main goal is to write smarter code that I can (a) find quickly
when I need to fix something and (2) re-use. Today's post was
prompted by my desire to prototype yet another suite of
browse-read-edit-add-delete functions for someone.

Best regards,
JC
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