Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.117 EAN: 9781593270773 ISBN: 1593270771 Label: No Starch Press Manufacturer: No Starch Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 216 Publication Date: June 20, 2006 Publisher: No Starch Press Sales Rank: 249362 Studio: No Starch Press
Product DescriptionObject-Oriented PHP shows developers how to take advantage of the new object-oriented features of PHP. Working within the context of concrete examples, the book begins with code compatible with PHP 4 and 5, and then focuses on object-orientation in PHP 5. The author's practical approach uses numerous code examples, which will help developers get up to speed with object oriented PHP quickly, and show them how to apply what they learn to everyday situations. All code samples are available for download on the book's companion site.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Good information, awkward reading.
I am an experienced sequential PHP programmer and wanted to make the jump to Object Oriented PHP.
I have already learned OO concepts and programming through various classes. This book has a lot of good information that was exactly what I needed.
The reading can be a bit awkward at times, and requires reading ahead to understand back(?). In other words things are used before their explained, and sometimes their used to explain other things, so you must eventually double ... Read More
Rating: - Just OK
I'll agree with others and say that Mike Zandstra's book covers this topic better. The author goes through one example throughout the book (using classes to manipulate a file directory) without fulling explaining how some of the topics work. For example, the author gives a code example, say in english what it's doing to the files, but doesn't explain how.
On the flip side, it is a good book for explaining what OOP is and why it's such and advance for PHP. I just wouldn't use this ... Read More
Rating: - Finally I want to use OOP in PHP
Peter Lavin provides us with sound, easy to understand concepts, techniques, and examples in Object-Oriented PHP. This book woke me up to the universe of OOPhp where many other PHP5 books had put me to sleep or utterly confused. If you want to get a grasp on how to implement Object-Oriented programming in your PHP code, I can highly recommend this book. It will get you moving along.
I have used php since v.3 first came out. PHP's initial poor implementation of OOP completely turned ... Read More
Rating: - The only book I used to learn OOP php
Thanks to this book now I understand the php code written on OOP style.
After reading this book I was able to develop a very large open source project written entirely in OOP style with php5 and it was not very difficult either.
Rating: - Generally Disappointing
From the perspective of a an experienced procedural PHP programmer learning OO, having read both this book and "PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice" by Matt Zandstra, I would definately recommend the latter to this book.
Just because Zandstra's book doesn't have a cartoon on the front, doesn't make it less accessible. In fact I found it both more advanced and easier to understand at the same time. I imagine Lavin writing this book one chapter at a time, writing each successive chapter ... Read More
- Just OK
- Finally I want to use OOP in PHP
