Principles, Patterns and Practices

Introduction
How many evaluations take place on each of the following three statements?

class … {

 public function …() {

  // Statement one.

  $this->_name = $name;

  // Statement two.

  $accounts = $this->_accounts->get($return);

  // Statement three.

  $this->_replies = new Relationship_OneToMany(‘Email’,

   Finder_Factory::create(‘Email’)->findByParent($this),

   $this->_replies);

 }

}

If your answers for each statement were at least 3, 5, and 10, you are hereby dismissed for […]

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This sounds terrible, but I lent a copy of the “Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide” to my 15-year-old cousin Ben. What makes it terrible is that I myself had it on loan from my boss. I was searching among the titles available to me for a book that served as a good […]

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Please forgive me as I attempt to get syntax highlighting working to my liking.

<?php

/**

 * Some class

 * @author Andrew Culver <andrew.culver@gmail.com>

 */

class Some_Class

{

    protected function something()

    {

        return "Some result!";

    }

}

// Some comment.

$output = Some_Factory::create(‘Some_Class’)

    ->setSomeProperty(‘Some Value’)

    ->something();

echo "The result was ‘{$output}’.\n";

Wow. After a little tweaking, I’m really […]

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I wonder if having a disclaiming “about” line like that will help me loosen up and publish something. Well, the title is “principles, patterns, and practices.” Perhaps we can talk about just that!

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