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With the surge of popularity of PHP 5, object-oriented programming is now an important consideration for PHP developers. This version-neutral book is a gentle introduction to object-oriented programming (OOP) that won't overburden you with complex theory. It teaches you the essential basics of OOP that you'll need to know before moving onto a more advanced level, and includes a series of prepackaged scripts that you can incorporate into your existing sites with the minimum of effort.

It shows how object-oriented programming can be used to create reusable and portable code by walking you through a series of simple projects. The projects feature the sorts of things developers run up against every day, and include a validator for filtering user input, a simple Date class that avoids the need to remember all the esoteric format codes in PHP, and an XML generator.

Teaches the fundamentals of OOP
Simple projects show how OOP concepts work in the real world
Prepackaged scripts can easily be added to your own projects

About the Author

David Powers is a PHP 5.3 Zend Certified Engineer and author of a series of highly successful books on PHP, including PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy, Second Edition (friends of ED, ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-3249-0) and Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP: Training from the Source (Adobe Press, ISBN-13: 978-0-321-71984-3). As a professional writer, he has been involved in electronic media for more than 30 years, first with BBC radio and television and more recently with the Internet. His clear writing style is valued not only in the English-speaking world; several of his books have been translated into Spanish and Polish.

What started as a mild interest in computing was transformed almost overnight into a passion, when David was posted to Japan in 1987 as BBC correspondent in Tokyo. With no corporate IT department just down the hallway, he was forced to learn how to fix everything himself. When not tinkering with the innards of his computer, he was reporting for BBC TV and radio on the rise and collapse of the Japanese bubble economy. Since leaving the BBC to work independently, he has built up an online bilingual database of economic and political analysis for Japanese clients of an international consultancy.

When not pounding the keyboard writing books or dreaming of new ways of using PHP and other programming languages, David enjoys nothing better than visiting his favorite sushi restaurant. He has also translated several plays from Japanese.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Apress; 1st ed. edition (August 21, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 414 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1430210117
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1430210115
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.75 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.89 x 9.5 inches

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I specialize in writing about web design using Dreamweaver, PHP, and CSS. PHP is the most popular server-side language that brings life to websites by communicating with external data sources, such as databases, news feeds, and XML documents. Adobe has recognized my expertise in web development by appointing me an Adobe Community Professional (ACP) for Dreamweaver. You'll often find me giving help in the Dreamweaver forums and Dreamweaver Community Help.

Before turning my hand to writing about web design, I spent nearly 30 years as a BBC radio and TV journalist, working both in front of the microphone/camera and behind the scenes. That gave me a wealth of experience in explaining sometimes difficult concepts in straightforward, easy to understand language - experience which shows through in my books.

I spent a large part of my broadcasting career in Japan, first on loan from the BBC to NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, and later as BBC correspondent. I have traveled all over Japan, and love taking photos, many of which end up being used in my books. Over the years, I have worked closely with the Shiki Theatrical Company, Japan's leading producer of musicals; and have translated several of their plays into English.

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Aimed at Experienced Procedural PHP Programmer

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2014

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I've been programming php since it was still phpfi. I built my chops on procedural programming and that's my comfort zone. But times have long changed and the advantages of object oriented programming (oop) are plentiful. For those of us indoctrinated in procedural programming disciplines the transition to oop and the related changes in thinking on how to design solutions can be challenging.

PHP Object-Oriented Solutions is a good bridge from procedural to oop methodologies. I found there was enough context and a focus on practical examples to illustrate the principles without it seeming too theoretical. For me the progression of topics from basics to more advanced topics allowed me to get started using what I'd learned in just a couple of chapters. By putting the simple stuff into practice it helped build the contextual foundation for more advanced topics.

This book has gotten me out of my old comfort zone and producing php objects I can use over and over, extend and enhance.

If you are a novice programmer or just dabbling in php this might not be the best book. It presumes some experience and for the experienced programmer builds a procedural to oop bridge. A novice programmer may find this book difficult to understand as it assumes a working knowledge of php and programming in general.

For teaching this "old dog" new tricks PHP Object-Oriented Solutions gets 5 stars from me.

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David Crisler

Not a beginners book for understanding PHP OOP

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2011

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I have learned a lot over the years from David Powers' books on PHP and Dreamweaver. They were the first books on PHP that I purchased and read. I have since read PHP books by other authors and one criticism I have formed is that Mr. Powers, while extremely knowledgeable, has a tendency to get very complicated. He introduces a concept, but then that concept depends on 2 more concepts that contain "gotchas" that need further explanation etc., etc., until the excitement you felt in approaching the original concept gets lost down a spiral of minutia and complexity that - although important - can be detrimental to the shaky confidence of a true beginner. Being thorough is great, but not so thorough that you overload those you are trying to teach. Never is this more apparent than PHP Object-Oriented Solutions. I have completed the first 3 chapters and they were quite a struggle! My brain hurt. I don't understand why there wasn't an attempt to start out with MUCH simpler classes. Maybe a short, easy database connection class or something. Instead, the first class is a Date class and Mr. Powers goes into all manner of complexities, starting with an exhaustive dissection of PHP's DateTime and DateTimeZone classes, then extending the DateTime class and understanding how to deal with leap years, adding dates while accounting for different amounts of days per month, ect., which to me - although a very useful and well thought-out class - just added layers and layers of mental complexity right at the beginning, and made it much more difficult than it should have been for a fledgling OOP fawn struggling to learn syntax, structure, usage, etc.

There are some basic examples in Chpt 2, but there needs to be a smoother transition from those to the intense, tangled complexity of the other chapters.

So in all honesty, I cannot recommend this as a "gentle introduction" to the PHP OOP world. It is more like dropping you into the deep end and hoping you learn to swim. I would love to see a book that starts with a simple, basic class and then extends it through subsequent chapters, while introducing OOP theory along the way. I did not like how all the theory was crammed into one VERY dense chapter at the beginning of the book (chpt 2).

Having said all that, I think if you approach this book as a "solutions" book more than a "gentle introduction" it has some great benefit to those who are able to comprehend the level of complexity and make use of the classes offered. Certainly this is evidenced by the many positive reviews here.

For me, however, it got too complex, too soon. I am still looking for that "gentle introduction". If anyone knows a more basic book on the subject, please let me know.

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Michael S.

So far so good

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2010

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I got my feet wet with David Powers' PHP Solutions and wanted to kick it up a notch. I'm taking it really slow with this one - and so far so good. I'm in the first couple of chapters - real in depth explanation of where and why things are this done this way. You need solid understanding of programming basic structure as well as creating simple functions.

As promised - David Powers explains everything very well, organized the lessons just as good.

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bruce47500

the best

Reviewed in France on June 15, 2015

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if you want to find out how to write really useful and meaningful object code for PHP5 or 6 then you can not do better than grab a copy of this book. It teaches by example and the examples are very, very good and work effectively in the real world. Highly recommended.

U. Trenkner

Schon recht alt, aber richtig gute Einführung für Menschen, die PHP nur prozedural programmiert haben

Reviewed in Germany on February 23, 2015

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Ich habe in 2000 mit PHP3 angefangen und nie den Wechsel zur Objekt-Orientierung vollzogen. Dieses Buch bietet eine sehr gute Einführung für Menschen wie mich. Und auch wenn es hier und da ein Update vertragen könnte (z.B. weil es immer wieder von der kurz bevorstehenden Version 6 von PHP spricht) vermittelt es doch die Prinzipien und ihre Anwendung sehr gut.

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G. D. Kendall

Clear, accurate and easy to learn from

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2014

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My own background is that I was confident in PHP and could do pretty much whatever I needed to. PHP O-O Solutions isn't a book for people who want to go direct to OOP programmming in PHP without learning the basics - but then no book ever will be. You'll need to know PHP and be practiced in it, or at the very least thoroughly capable in a similar language, before you can make good use of this book. That said, it is outstandingly clear and easy to learn from if you want to move from procedural to OOP. David Powers makes an effort to explain and consciously avoids using a particular analogy (often used by other authors), reasoning that PHP is about the web and so a direct explanation in terms of what you do when making a web app would be better. That works for me. The pace is good, explanations are clear, and it's a thorough guide to getting started that I'm enjoying working through. Just about the only possible criticism - which is really just a point to note - is that it isn't really a book of 'solutions', or at least it isn't as far as I've read. What this is is a first class tutorial course and how-to guide that you can learn from

Simon Denman

Covers a lot of useful ground, but it's not a smooth ride

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2013

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POOS fulfilled the purpose for which I bought it, but I felt I needed to work a bit harder with it than with some of the other programming books I've read recently. The writing style is clear, but it jumps from good basic explanations into really quite complex ideas and examples without paving the way from one to the other.
If you can get through it though, you will end up with a well-rounded understanding of the subject matter as well as some useful programme modules which can be downloaded from the associated website (though note that the urls have changed from when the book was written).

LVdesign

super livre

Reviewed in France on April 29, 2009

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Vraiment génial ce livre. Après "Dynamic web design made easy" du meme auteur, ce livre permet d'écrire des classes pratiques et utiles pour php. Simplifier le code et pouvoir le réutiliser comme base d'autres développements. Trés fort David Power.

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