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

--- Kelly Hallman <khallman@ultrafancy.com> wrote: > I think there is a bit of what I consider an efficiency myth in > regards to OOP in PHP. Most agree that the OO implementation in PHP > is not robust. It's much better in PHP 5, although a lack of robustness is not how I would personally describe PHP 4's shortcomings. > However, most people that rely on this assertion do not usually > understand leveraging OO and also most do not write excellent non-OO > code. :) Perhaps, but I would say that most people who make this assertion understand OO. The performance penalty is not a myth. Just as templating incurs a performance penalty, so does OO. The reward can be worth it, of course, in terms of organization and ease of use. The same argument extends further, since I would rather write some things in PHP or Perl than than C. I know C is faster, but I'm usually more interested in making things easier on myself. 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/