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Object-Oriented PHP for Absolute Beginners

8 April 2011 / 10 Comments

Welcome to the first in a series of tutorials covering object-oriented programming in PHP. In this series you’ll explore the various ideas and concepts involved in object-oriented programming, and learn how to build robust object-oriented PHP applications quickly and easily.

In this tutorial, we’re going to kick things off nice and gently by looking at some really basic concepts of object-oriented programming. You’re going to learn:

What object-oriented programming is
How object-oriented programming can help you write better PHP scripts
Some fundamental concepts, including classes, objects, methods and properties, and
How to start writing object-oriented PHP code.

Ready to explore the world of PHP objects? Let’s get started!

PHP References: How They Work, and When to Use Them

19 November 2010 / 18 Comments

References are a very useful part of PHP and, for that matter, most other programming languages. However, references can be somewhat confusing when you first start learning about them.

This tutorial is a gentle introduction to references in PHP. You find out what references are, and how they work. You learn how to create and delete references, as well as pass references to and from functions. You also explore some other uses of references, and discover situations where PHP creates references automatically on your behalf.

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