Re: Wanting a better understanding of classes in PHP...

On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 01:49 PM, Chuck "PUP" Payne wrote:

Hi, I was up on freshmeat and I saw a TON of php classes. I like to know how can I use them? And is a class a bit of code that you are always using? If so, how can I create my own classes.

A class is a definition for an object. You can use classes with PHP to write object-oriented code. But each class has its own interface, so I couldn't tell you how to use all classes -- and you can of course write your own, which you will no doubt do if you learn how to use PHP's object-oriented features. If you are already comfortable with object-oriented programming, all you have to do is read the object-oriented programming pages in the PHP manual: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.php If you have never used object-oriented programming, it's not that hard, but you should have a better introduction to the theory. I haven't seen many good introductions to OOP for PHP, but the theory applies to all object-oriented programming languages. I am reading Bruce Eckels' online book "Thinking in Java", and have found that it's got a good introduction to the theory. I've attached the first chapter of the book (in HTML) to this message -- you will get it, but the list won't since the mailing list doesn't forward attachments. If you're interested, the book is freely available at http://www.mindview.com . Once you've read a bit more about it, read the PHP manual pages on OOP and try it out. Erik ---- Erik Price Web Developer Temp Media Lab, H.H. Brown pricee@hhbrown.com