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Posted by Adam Ridgley
Adam Ridgley
12,255 Points

Help with OOP PHP

Hi all,

I'm looking into creating an OOP application with PHP but I'm not sure how it all works. I've checked out the OOP basics videos in the library but they don't really show how you use classes and objects to create an application.

I'm only used to using functions like in the shirts4mike project, does anyone have any advice or examples of how I can use OOP to create applications?

Thanks, Adam

Brian van Vlymen
Brian van Vlymen
12,637 Points

that all i know is This is usually a pretty open ended question. You should understand classes (objects are instantiated classes), abstract classes, interfaces, methods, properties,inheritance, multiple inheritance as well as why OOP is helpful as compared to procedural programming. http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/object-oriented-php-for-beginners/

1 Answer

Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points
Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points

Adam, Brian's comment above is right, OOP applications tend to be unique. However, if you can explain more about what your applications is suppose to do and it's different parts, I might be able to talk you through the basic structure and classes your app may need.

Adam Ridgley
Adam Ridgley
12,255 Points

Hi,

Well I've read through a few tutorials, I think i'm just struggling to understand why we use classes and objects when we can just use functions...

Anyway, I'm working on building a simple forum app and I want to use OOP but I'm not really sure where to begin. I've built the database structure but that's about it. If you could point me in the right direction of how I could use OOP to build an app like this that would be much appreciated.

Thanks