[UPHPU] Is OOP really bad in PHP?

[Beau Scott]

>> I myself have done many sites, and very rarely use abstract and
interfaces

Exactly. The beauty of PHP is that if you wanted to make a highly
architected, well defined application that is easy to maintain, read, etc.,
you can. It gives you that ability.

But if you're on a time crunch and have to "hack" out a site in short notice
and don't care to make it maintainable (perhaps it's a short lived
promotional site, etc.), you can do that, too. Most often, I'd wager, sites
fall somewhere in between these two categories.

And I think the measure of a good PHP developer is his/her ability to just
that: determine the architectural need for the project and code it
accordingly. Whether the site uses OOP or not isn't a good metric for
programming aptitude.

Granted he did have some good generic guidelines that should be followed no
matter what aspect you take (like SQL injection protection) -- and that does
weigh on  my opinion of any developer, PHP or not.

Beau



-----Original Message-----
From: uphpu-bounces at uphpu.org [mailto:uphpu-bounces at uphpu.org] On Behalf Of
Sean
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:09 PM
To: UPHPU General Discussion
Subject: Re: [UPHPU] Is OOP really bad in PHP?

I agree for the most part, I myself hate looking at my old code as well, 
but you also gotta remember that how the code looks/is written will 
affect the outcome/security/speed of the result. If the guy doesn't 
understand that sub-eclipse is not a version control system, then I 
highly doubt he has anything let alone 40 things to describe a lousy 
programmer, I would define anybody who tells you not to overuse oop, but 
in the same breathe tells you to use abstract/interfaces whenever you 
can fit them in, as a lousy programmer, I myself have done many sites, 
and very rarely use abstract and interfaces...

IMHO

-- 

Sean Thayne,
Exit12


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