Hi After speaking to a few friends they have pointed me to using the above as the very core of php based programming. Can anyone point out in simple terms what these actually are? I sort of understand functions well sort of.
TY
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Object-oriented programming is not something easily described in a single forum post (or several). You need to start by understanding at least some of the theory as to "why", and then start learning the "how" in terms of syntax, common patterns, etc.
Start here for some of the basic theory
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