Chapter 2. Object-Oriented Programming
Object-oriented programming (commonly abbreviated OOP) is a relative newcomer to the world of programming. Before the advent of OOP, programming languages such as C, Pascal, and BASIC were written on a line-by-line basis. While such linear programming works, over time coders developed this better system that allows the programmer to more rapidly develop and alter sophisticated applications.
Today, Java and C++ are probably the two best-known OOP languages, and OOP is so popular that support for it has been incorporated into PHP even though PHP itself is written in a non-OOP language (namely, C). When working with objects in PHP, keeping in mind that PHP supports objects but is not a true OOP language (and ...
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