PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice

Descriptions:

PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice is a practical design and management book devoted to exploring object-oriented programming in PHP 5, the latest and most powerful version of PHP. Using a wide variety of pattern examples, this insightful text explores the principles underlying design patterns, focusing largely on those patterns collected by the "Gang of Four." Veteran author Matt Zandstra further addresses the needs of PHP users by providing practice and examples on topics including unit testing, documentation, version control, and automated building.

 

Part One – Introduction
Chapter 1 – PHP: Design and Management

Part Two – Objects
Chapter 2 – PHP and Objects
Chapter 3 – Object Basics
Chapter 4 – Advanced Features
Chapter 5 – Object Tools
Chapter 6 – Objects and Design

Part Three – Patterns
Chapter 7 – What Are Design Patterns? Why Use Them?
Chapter 8 – Some Pattern Principles
Chapter 9 – Generating Objects
Chapter 10 – Designing for Object Relations
Chapter 11 – Performing and Representing Tasks
Chapter 12 – Enterprise Patterns

Part Four – Practice
Chapter 13 – Good (and Bad) Practice
Chapter 14 – An Introduction to PEAR
Chapter 15 – Generating Documentation with phpDocumentor
Chapter 16 – Version Control with CVS
Chapter 17 – Automated Build with Phing

Part Five – Conclusion
Chapter 18 – Objects, Patterns, Practice

Part Six – Appendixes
Appendix A – Bibliography
Appendix B – A Simple Parser