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

Stephen Craton said: > 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. My boss, before he really understood OOP, would take ordinary proceedural code and wrap it in a class, which still wasn't object-oriented. I fear you've done the same in your code (even though I haven't seen it) and are wondering what the big whoop is about. I believe that if you don't understand OO, you haven't been using OO. Once you understand the whys (after using it for a bit) you'll see why it's so cool. Now I wanna code everything OO :-) I really understood it when a Java programmer I know once said "In proceedural code, the nuts-and-bolts are functions which are verbs (get_data(), open_database(), write_file()) while in object-oriented code, the nuts and bolts are objects which are nouns ($user, $group, $job, $house)." So I'd build an OO chat room like so (pseudocode): class chatroom values: private or public, admin, name, max_users, comments, admin_present methods: get/set_public_or_private, get/set_admin, get/set_name, get/set_max_users, get/set_comments, display_help, update_member_list, get/set_admin_present class user values: permission level, name, email address, password methods: get/set permission level, get/set name, get/set email_address, get/set password, join_chat_room, create_chat_room, leave_chat_room class system chatroom extends chatroom methods: check permissions, restart server $phpchat = new chatroom ("phpchat"); $phpchat->set_public_or_private ("public"); $phpchat->set_admin ("chris@devidal.tv"); $phpchat->set_comments ("A great place to talk about PHP"); $user-> new user ("chris@devidal.tv"); $user->join_chat_root ("phpchat"); if ($phpchat->get_admin() == $user->get_email_address()) { $phpchat->set_admin_present(TRUE); } $phpchat->update_member_list(); ... It's not perfect but hopefully you'll understand the magic. /dev/idal