Object Orientated Programing?

[Perad]

I am looking for a book or set of of online tutorials which cover object orientated programing with php. I starting learning about 2 months ago and am reaching an intermediate level. I am already becoming aware of a few bad programming habits and would like to learn to program in a neat and productive way.

I have had a look on amazon and the books on there are met with some seriously mixed reviews. Can anyone recommend anything?

[grahame]

OO techniques are one of those things that I have found to be much better taught than read from a book or tutorial, both of which lack interaction and the dynamics needed to learn both the principles concerned and how they can be practically applied. That's probably why the book reviews are so mixed!

Personally, I teach OO techniques in relationship to how it's applied in PHP (and some other languages too) and find that the very best approach is to start with an actual application or hobby / leaisure interest of the th students. By far the best way to relate!

[masonbarge]

Do you like php OOP, Graham? How about for small to medium sites without a lot of collaboration?

[grahame]

Originally Posted by masonbarge

Do you like php OOP, Graham? How about for small to medium sites without a lot of collaboration?

It has its place ... but it's not for everyone. Small applications / sites that don't share a great deal around between them will, perhaps, have the most limited use of OO techniques. Once you start getting up to medium sized applications (whether or not they're written by one of two people or as a result of a great deal of collaboration), it can very much depend on other factors in the application, and the comfort and knowledge of the programmer(s).

Some applications are screaming out to use OO techniques, especially where you want to encapsulate and test logic section by section, and where you can make significant gains from inheritance and polymorphism. But for others, where such gains would be limited, OO can add an extra layer your could do without.