Re: Fw: PHP question

Alain Williams am Donnerstag, 1. Januar 1970 - 01:00: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 11:53:48AM +0100, Baber wrote: > > Hi > > > > > > > > Apologies if I have sent email to the wrong address.  > > > > I have a very simple question regarding PHP i.e  > > > > Does coding in PHP in procedural way (not object oriented) is still market standard and > > not obselete? > > You do not say why you ask the question, that will affect how we reply. > > I suspect that you want to know what you should learn so that you can get a job > -- or something similar. > > Yes: many programs are procedural, however you will need to learn how to USE > libraries written using OO methods. > > Writing effective OO does take some time to get your head around - if you do > more than just write prodedural code wrapped up in a simple object. > > -- > Alain Williams > Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. > +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ > Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: > http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php > #include <std_disclaimer.h> :-) Hi Allan! I'm an old scool procedural guy. OO, I think, is good for programmers, not for computers. Personaly I established a nice library of includes, containig carefully written functions (and sometimes just variables), usable in wide range of tasks. I include them, if they are needed, and they do the same job as classes do. (Classes are collections of functions and varaibles.) But with NO overhead I have seen so often in classes looking brillant at first glance. Of course I use the built in PHP-classes and objects. But to be honest, even those are often overloaded. It happens, that I need just some value, and I'm forced to instantiate a class providing an endless list of functions I actually do not need. Compare the old date() an mktime() functions and the actual date class! But after all, web hosters install strong hardware, do as you like it :-) Niklaus