PHP Object Oriented Programming Tutorials

Singleton

The more I think about this the more different places I keep thinking about how to use these neat little objects. Oh sorry didn't mean to jump right into a singleton conversation here but every time I think about how to use these objects I keep finding more places they can be used.

You may be wondering what a singleton, or single reference object is? Well they are objects that once their initialized they can only have one reference. When your working with a normal class to create and object from that you would write:

PHP Objects Intro - Part 1

What are objects and why would I ever use them?

This was a big question on my mind two years ago when PHP 5 just started getting popular. Now today I can truly say there isn't a piece of code I write that doesn't look a using objects. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. PHP added OOP, thats a fancy acronym for Object Orientated Programming. I've struggled with this term for years and when it was first introduced to me in C++ it didn't make any sense. What I failed to see was how my base parent class could build a foundation that my program would thrive on.