Summary – end of the book
It's come to the end of the book. I really hope you have enjoyed reading this book and have learned at least a couple of things. I've certainly enjoyed writing it!
It's been a long journey, and we've covered a huge amount of content. However, I'll do my best to summarize the whole book in only a few paragraphs.
In Part 1, we looked at object-oriented PHP. Chapter 1, Object-Oriented PHP was a quick introduction to object-oriented PHP and a lifeline for anyone who doesn't already know it – hopefully if you didn't, then you took a bit of time to learn it before tackling the rest of the book. Chapter 2, Inheritance and Composition, Encapsulation and Visibility, Interfaces and Concretions, looked at inheritance in particular and contrasted this with the more modern "composition" style, which results in neater, easier-to-test code. Chapter 3, Advanced OOP Features, involved checking out some of the...