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From: php.faqtsKnow of any basic tutorials on PHP Classes and OOP?
Aug 11th, 2004 12:18
Philip Olson

The first place to look is, of course, the manual:

PHP 4 OOP
http://www.php.net/oop

PHP 5 OOP
http://www.php.net/oop5

Here are a few basic tutorials on the subject of OOP and Class. They
all approach the subject of OOP and Classes in PHP a little differently
so it depends on your tastes. It'll eventually click.

An Introduction to Classes :
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http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/class-intro.php

Another Introduction to Classes, including PHP 5 OOP info :
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http://zend.com/php5/abs/php101-7.php

Taking PHP the OO way :
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http://www.php-mag.net/itr/online_artikel/show.php3?id=284&nodeid=114

Introduction to OOP :
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http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/PHP/Introduction-to-PHP-Classes-OOP/

PHP Object Oriented Programming :
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http://www.liquidpulse.net/articles/125

Using objects to create an application :
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http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/tutorial-johnson.php
http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/tutorial-johnson2.php

Back to Class :
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http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/BackToClass/

Accessing Databases with Class :
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http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/Class/

Object Oriented Programming in PHP :
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http://php.vamsi.net/article/3/1

Introduction to PHP Classes (OOP) :
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http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/48/0.php

Classes and PHP :
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http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/rod19990601.php3

Introduction to PHP Objects :
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http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2002/08/01/php_foundations.html

OOP Talk : A slide presentation :
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http://www.sdphp.net/talks/talks/sdphp_class

OOP Design Patterns in PHP : A slide presentation in german :
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http://www.php-conference.de/2001/slides/bergmann_oopdesignpatterns/

Some information about overusing OOP can be seen here:

Overusing OO :
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http://www.zend.com/zend/art/mistake1.php#Heading13

And PHP 5 offers many new OOP features. For more information of PHP 5,
including words on the Zend Engine 2, read this faqt:

Where can I get more information about PHP5?
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http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/22154/fid/1150

Since PEAR is full of classes, you may find some of them useful
as you learn:

PEAR :
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http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/707
http://pear.php.net/

And a good general tutorial regarding OOP is the following Java tutorial:

Lesson: Object-Oriented Programming Concepts :
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http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/concepts/