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Dynamic PHP (Tricks Java/C#/C++ Don’t)

22:58:50 :: [technology &c.] :: 221 words

PHP V5’s new object-oriented programming features have raised the level of functionality in this popular language significantly. Learn how to use the dynamic features of PHP V5 to create objects that bend to fit your needs.

The introduction of new object-oriented programming (OOP) features in PHP V5 has significantly raised the level of functionality in this programming language. Not only can you have private, protected, and public member variables and functions — just as you would in the Java™, C++, or C# programming languages — but you can also create objects that bend at runtime, creating new methods and member variables on the fly. You can’t do that with the Java, C++, or C# languages. This kind of functionality makes super-rapid application development systems, such as Ruby on Rails, possible.

PHP fascinates me. I don’t have time to learn it right now, obviously, but it looks like the best of C++ and Perl combined into one, Web-friendly language. (Any seasoned veterans care to add to, or correct, that point?) With OOP integrated into version 5, this looks like a summer project….

Dynamic PHP (Tricks Java/C#/C++ Don’t)

22:58:50 :: [technology &c.] :: 221 words

PHP V5’s new object-oriented programming features have raised the level of functionality in this popular language significantly. Learn how to use the dynamic features of PHP V5 to create objects that bend to fit your needs.

The introduction of new object-oriented programming (OOP) features in PHP V5 has significantly raised the level of functionality in this programming language. Not only can you have private, protected, and public member variables and functions — just as you would in the Java™, C++, or C# programming languages — but you can also create objects that bend at runtime, creating new methods and member variables on the fly. You can’t do that with the Java, C++, or C# languages. This kind of functionality makes super-rapid application development systems, such as Ruby on Rails, possible.