PHP5 Abstraction for the Rest of US

Millions of web developers, from those just starting out with sparkling ampersands in their eyes to hardened veterans with ‘< ?php’ burned to the back of their retinas, have found a love for PHP and its possibilities but still talk in hushed whispers about the mystery and intrigue of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) in PHP.

This tutorial aims to remove some of the curly-brace-filled haze that often surrounds OOP and by the end of this lesson you will have created a class, instantiated an object, given inheritance to some children and come to understand why OOP is such a powerful tool to have at your disposal. If you have no idea what any of the above means but are shaking with a desire to find out, read on as we look at Abstraction for the rest of us.

Read the rest of this entry »