RE: [PHP] What's the use in OOP?

Thanks for all the replies. I've mostly been reading over at PHP-Builder. I read one of the articles by Luis Argerich, but since I was only skimming through the article, I may have missed something and read it wrong. I used OO in my chat script (can be found at http://php.melchior.us) but it really seemed like a waste since it was such a small basic script. I never really find myself re-needing code except for database connectivity and calling the database and stuff like that. Thanks again for all the replies and helpful information. Thanks, Stephen Craton http://www.melchior.us - -----Original Message----- - From: Chris Shiflett [mailto:shiflett@php.net] - Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 4:53 PM - To: Stephen Craton; 'PHP List' - Subject: Re: [PHP] What's the use in OOP? - - --- Stephen Craton <webmaster@melchior.us> wrote: - > I've been reading up on object oriented programming in PHP for a while - > now and I just don't get what's the use in using it. It supposedly - > makes it faster, but I don't really see how in any of my scripts. - - Makes it faster in what way? I'm curious to know what you've been reading. - - Using objects is generally faster for the programmer and slower for the - computer. YMMV. - - > What's the advantage of OOP anyway, and why are so many people using - > it now? - - To really understand this, you need to use it. No one can tell you in one - or two lines enough information to explain the entire paradigm or even - convince you of its merits. - - The one-liner attempt of mine would be something like: - - It helps you associate data with functions that use that data. - - There are lots of other things, of course. One method of learning about - this would be to take every OO term (encapsulation, namespacing, etc.) and - find a really good explanation of the term. - - Hope that helps. - - Chris - - ===== - Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ - - PHP Security - O'Reilly - Coming Fall 2004 - HTTP Developer's Handbook - Sams - http://httphandbook.org/ - PHP Community Site - http://phpcommunity.org/