A Comprehensive Guide to Object-Oriented Design in PHP for Beginners: Mastering Object-Oriented Programming and Design Patterns in PHP: From Foundations to Frameworks - Brossura

Publishing, PhiQuill

Brossura

ISBN 13: 9798285789727

Casa editrice: Independently published, 2025

Riassunto

What You'll Learn in This Book

This book is your comprehensive guide to mastering Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in PHP, taking you from foundational concepts to advanced techniques and practical application. By the end, you'll be able to write cleaner, more robust, and scalable PHP code.

You will learn to:

• Understand the "Why" and "What" of OOP in PHP: Discover the benefits of OOP in modern web development and grasp how PHP has evolved to embrace it.
• Master the Core Building Blocks: Get hands-on with defining classes and objects, understanding properties, methods, constructors, destructors, and crucial concepts like $this and access modifiers (public, protected, private).
• Work with Advanced Class Features: Explore class constants, static members, and powerful magic methods (__clone, __toString, __get, __set, __call, etc.) for flexible object interaction.
• Implement Foundational OOP Principles: Deep dive into the four pillars of good object-oriented design:
  • Encapsulation: Learn to bundle data and methods, protecting data integrity with getters and setters.
  • Inheritance: Build "is-a" relationships, reuse code, and understand method overriding and the final keyword.
  • Polymorphism: Grasp how to achieve "many forms" through method overriding and interfaces, enabling flexible and extensible code.
  • Abstraction: Simplify complex realities by hiding implementation details using abstract classes and interfaces.
• Utilize Modern PHP OOP Features: Explore cutting-edge functionalities that streamline your code:
  • Interfaces: Define contracts for classes, ensuring consistent behavior across different implementations.
  • Traits: Achieve horizontal code reuse to overcome single inheritance limitations, handling conflict resolution effectively.
  • Namespaces: Organize your code, prevent name collisions, and integrate third-party libraries seamlessly.
  • Autoloading: Understand modern dynamic class loading with spl_autoload_register() and the PSR-4 standard using Composer.
• Apply Industry-Standard Design Patterns: Solve common software design problems with proven, reusable solutions:
  • Creational Patterns: Learn to effectively instantiate objects (e.g., Factory Method, Singleton).
  • Structural Patterns: Discover how to compose objects and classes into larger structures (e.g., Adapter, Decorator, Facade).
  • Behavioral Patterns: Understand how objects interact and distribute responsibilities (e.g., Observer, Strategy, Iterator).
• Write Maintainable and Scalable Code with SOLID Principles: Internalize the SOLID principles (Single Responsibility, Open/Closed, Liskov Substitution, Interface Segregation,1 Dependency Inversion) to2 build robust and flexible systems.
• Architect Applications with MVC: Grasp the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern, understanding its components, responsibilities, and how it promotes separation of concerns.
• Integrate OOP into Modern PHP Practice:
  • Composer: Effectively manage project dependencies and leverage its powerful autoloading capabilities.
  • PHP Standard Recommendations (PSRs): Adhere to industry coding standards like PSR-1, PSR-12, and PSR-4 for consistent and readable code.
  • Unit Testing: Learn the basics of testing your OOP code with frameworks like PHPUnit, focusing on testable design.
  • Framework Integration: Understand how popular PHP frameworks like Symfony and Laravel extensively use OOP principles.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Independently published
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 13: 9798285789727
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 273
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile