Hi,

I'm interested in writing something fairly complex in PHP - a forum-type application. But I don't want to begin from my current understanding of the language as it's fairly limited. I've done database stuff, RSS feeds, etc. but it's all felt (to me) as if I've done it quite inelegantly.

When I look at the code for Drupal (which I use for one of my sites) I can see a totally different level of organisation has gone into it.

So I'm wondering if anyone has some recommendations for materials, books, sites that concentrate on doing a really good job at writing PHP so that it is logical. If I can design this thing well I would want others to be able to add to it so I don't want it being a mess.

Cheers
Theo

    you might want to take a look at OOP concepts and design. IMO, the best book to get a grasp on OOP is probably thinking in java, although its not php, the syntax is simular enough to understand, and OOP concepts are much the same in any language. its also a free book, so...

      Cheers.

      I'm fairly familiar with OOP stuff. I guess it's more that I'm not sure what the recognised best techniques are for implementing it in PHP.

        The architecture of a program - how it's organised - doesn't matter that much on what language it's written in (just as I can read Stanisław Lem's novels without having to know any Polish). Some books on PHP (though not necessarily PHP 5's OO facilities) are suggested in this thread.

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