Re: Beginner Tutorials for using CLASSES in PHP4

Greg - Greg Maruszeczka wrote: > Jeff: > The following books really helped me get my head around basic > OOP and design patterns in PHP, especially the first one > which directly addresses both PHP4 and PHP5: > > 1. PHP Architect's Guide to PHP Design Patterns, Jason E. > Sweat, PHP Architect Nanobooks, 2005 > 2. PHP 5 Objects, Patterns and Practice, Matt Zandstra, > Apress, 2004 > > It also seems like you might be wanting some direction on > things like ORM and database abstraction. Have you looked into > what some of the PHP-based frameworks are doing in this regard? > I know they're PHP5-only but studying projects like Symfony > and the new Zend Framework have really helped my understanding > quite a bit. > Of course, the usual disclaimers apply. > HTH, > GM > Greg Maruszeczka > Websage Solutions > http://websage.ca > skype: websage.ca Thanks very much for the reply and suggestions. My local B&N just set aside their last copy of Jason Sweat's book for me to pick up. As for database abstraction and frameworks, well... that's a big "maybe" for me right now. Maybe later. My main goal is to write smarter code that I can (a) find quickly when I need to fix something and (2) re-use. Today's post was prompted by my desire to prototype yet another suite of browse-read-edit-add-delete functions for someone. Best regards, JC