OOP vs Regular

[MrCraig]

Its easier to use what you know i think

For instance, if i tried to do an OOP app with all the defines and $this->$somethin[post]

I would most likely make it unsecure, so like, use what you know how to use.

[W1zzy]

When I'm doing personal development, I prefer to use procedural. However, I do find that the maintenance, reuseability, and the 'neatness' of OOP are great for large scale projects.

I would, however, like to get fully into OO PHP, in preparation for other full scale OO languages, such as C++.

[Mentor]

OOP, means u get good code reuseabilty (saveing time, effort and makeing stuff more efficent), localises problems, aka if u have an error in a bit of code, u only have to fix it once in the code, not every time its called.

So oop has advantages

[Hitman]

Ohh, should I continue learning normal PHP or OOP?

And if so where is a good place to learn?

[Beau]

I'm converting an application I recently created to OOP code. It's neater, I guess, but practically the same as normal code...

[Mr Macro]

Ohh, should I continue learning normal PHP or OOP?

And if so where is a good place to learn?

There the same language. Just get to grips with normal PHP and then try and organise your code into files and classes etc etc

[Raremandan]

OOP is generally a must-know if you want to learn programming in languages such as Java.

[Mr Macro]

OOP is generally a must-know if you want to learn programming in languages such as Java.

I agree, but there is know point jumping in at the deep end when your still wearing arm bands my friend.

[Invent]

I agree, but there is know point jumping in at the deep end when your still wearing arm bands my friend.

I dissagree. Using OOP once you know PHP can be quite difficult as you have to forget the way you've organised your code for a long time.

If you learn how to use OOP from the beginning it will be MUCH easier in the long run.

[Mr Macro]

I dissagree. Using OOP once you know PHP can be quite difficult as you have to forget the way you've organised your code for a long time.

If you learn how to use OOP from the beginning it will be MUCH easier in the long run.

A good point, personally i started OOP when i realised that i was typing mutch of the same stuff over and over again.