Superglobals In Classes: Revisited
Last December, I wrote about the use of PHP superglobals inside of classes (link here). I asserted at the time that superglobals inside of a class violated some basic rules on what a class was supposed...
View ArticleWhere Multiple Levels Of Inheritance Will Kill You
One of the best features of PHP’s object model (and really all object models) is the concept of inheritance – that is, derived classes inherit the members and methods of their parents. This is a...
View ArticleUse Registry To Remember Objects (So You Don’t Have To)
One of the biggest challenges in OOP programming with PHP is the ability to pass around objects and let other objects use them. This challenge can be solved with careful design, however. Here we will...
View ArticlePeer Review: Looking At Abstraction – Redux
This entry is part of an ongoing series involving the review of a code sample and it’s refactoring. For the original code sample, see here. Editor’s Note: The response of the community to this series...
View ArticlePeer Review: You Have Not Because You Ask Not (Requests & Responses)
This entry is part of an ongoing series involving the review of a code sample and it’s refactoring. For the original code sample, see here. The topics discussed in this entry may be fairly advanced....
View ArticleWhy Interfaces Rock
When I first learned PHP 5′s object oriented syntax and rules, I didn’t see much of a point to the interface options. I felt that I could do more by defining abstract classes and at least filling in...
View ArticleWhat Interfaces Are For
A little while ago, I wrote an article discussing why interfaces rock and the way that interfaces work. However, a couple of comments made me realize that I didn’t discuss one of the key elements about...
View ArticleNeed A PHP Developer? Why You Should Hire Me
There seem to be lots and lots of PHP folks out there looking to hire good PHP developers. Finding the right developer can be a challenge, as can finding the right job. I’ve been looking for a couple...
View ArticleFive Tips To Make Good Object-Oriented Code Better
Last week, I did a talk at the Frederick Web meetup about tips and tricks for improving your object-oriented code. A lot of these tips were adapted from a fabulous presentation by Stefan Priebsch but...
View ArticleQ&A: Answering Some Questions About Object-Oriented Programming
Last week I wrote about five tips to improve object-oriented code. This generated a number of important questions, which I will attempt to answer for those who asked them. “Often times when a developer...
View ArticleFive (Good) Lessons The Government Teaches Us About Object-Oriented Programming
As Benjamin Franklin once famously said, “the only two things that are certain in life are death and taxes.” His point, while political, has a good perspective on one of life’s ever-persistent truths:...
View ArticleJuly Slides
July was a month of talks and travel, including speaking at OSCON and user group talks to DCPHP and PDXPHP. For those who saw the “Micro Optimize This!” talk, you can download the slides here. For...
View ArticleIn Further Defense Of Avoiding Private Methods
This is a rebuttal post to comments posted Private Methods Considered Harmful I do not wholeheartedly believe that private methods are evil, or that they were mistakenly included in the PHP language by...
View ArticleSuperglobals In Classes: Revisited
Last December, I wrote about the use of PHP superglobals inside of classes (link here). I asserted at the time that superglobals inside of a class violated some basic rules on what a class was supposed...
View ArticleWhere Multiple Levels Of Inheritance Will Kill You
One of the best features of PHP’s object model (and really all object models) is the concept of inheritance – that is, derived classes inherit the members and methods of their parents. This is a...
View ArticleUse Registry To Remember Objects (So You Don’t Have To)
One of the biggest challenges in OOP programming with PHP is the ability to pass around objects and let other objects use them. This challenge can be solved with careful design, however. Here we will...
View ArticlePeer Review: Looking At Abstraction – Redux
This entry is part of an ongoing series involving the review of a code sample and it’s refactoring. For the original code sample, see here. Editor’s Note: The response of the community to this series...
View ArticlePeer Review: You Have Not Because You Ask Not (Requests & Responses)
This entry is part of an ongoing series involving the review of a code sample and it’s refactoring. For the original code sample, see here. The topics discussed in this entry may be fairly advanced....
View ArticleWhy Interfaces Rock
When I first learned PHP 5’s object oriented syntax and rules, I didn’t see much of a point to the interface options. I felt that I could do more by defining abstract classes and at least filling in...
View ArticleWhat Interfaces Are For
A little while ago, I wrote an article discussing why interfaces rock and the way that interfaces work. However, a couple of comments made me realize that I didn’t discuss one of the key elements about...
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