PHP Object-Oriented Solutions

Cover -- TOC$Contents -- About the Author -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CH$Chapter 1: Why Object-Oriented PHP? -- Understanding basic OOP concepts -- How OOP evolved -- Using classes and objects -- Protecting data integrity with encapsulation -- Polymorphism is the name of the game -- Extending classes through inheritance -- Using best practice -- How OOP has evolved in PHP -- OOP since PHP 5 -- Preparing for PHP 6 -- Choosing the right tools to work with PHP classes -- Using a specialized script editor -- Chapter review -- CH$Chapter 2: Writing PHP Classes -- Formatting code for readability -- Using the Zend Framework PHP Coding Standard -- Choosing descriptive names for clarity -- Creating classes and objects -- Defining a class -- Controlling access to properties and methods -- Setting default values with a constructor method -- Using inheritance to extend a class -- Defining a child class -- Accessing a parent class's methods and properties -- Controlling changes to methods and properties -- Loading classes automatically -- Exploring advanced OOP features -- Creating abstract classes and methods -- Simulating multiple inheritance with interfaces -- Understanding which class an object is an instance of -- Using magic methods -- Converting an object to a string -- Cloning an object -- Accessing properties automatically -- Accessing methods automatically -- Cleaning up with a destructor method -- Handling errors with exceptions -- Throwing an exception -- Catching an exception -- Extracting information from an exception -- Extending the Exception class -- Using comments to generate code hints -- Writing PHPDoc comments -- Chapter review -- CH$Chapter 3: Taking the Pain Out of Working with Dates -- Designing the class -- Examining the built-in date-related classes -- Deciding how to extend the existing classes -- Building the class -- Creating the class file and constructor -- Resetting the time and date -- Accepting dates in common formats -- Outputting dates in common formats -- Outputting date parts -- Performing date-related calculations -- Creating a default date format -- Creating read-only properties -- Organizing and commenting the class file -- Chapter review -- CH$Chapter 4: Using PHP Filters to Validate User Input -- Validating input with the filter functions -- Understanding how the filter functions work -- Setting filter options -- Setting a default filter -- Building the validation class -- Deciding what the class will do -- Planning how the class will work -- Coding the validation class properties and methods -- Using the validation class -- Sticking to your design decisions -- Chapter review -- CH$Chapter 5: Building a Versatile Remote File Connector -- Designing the class -- Building the class -- Defining the constructor -- Checking the URL -- Retrieving the remote file -- Final testing -- Ideas for improving the class -- Chapter review -- CH$Chapter 6: SimpleXML-Couldn't Be Simpler -- A quick XML primer -- What is XML? -- How XML documents are structured -- The rules of writing XML -- Using SimpleXML -- Loading an XML document with SimpleXML -- Extracting data with SimpleXML -- Saving and modify.