Hi list, I'm writing a PHP program and I've got a number of concerns. The program is about 20 KLOC at the moment, but will probably grow quite a lot.
I'm using OOP throughout, and I don't really have a lot of problems with what PHP4 can do with OOP. PHP5 does have a nice feature or two, eventhough none seems essential to my particular style of programming. I don't mind using what PHP5 offers where it makes sense, but where's that? Exceptions and new OOP features? Exceptions: I just don't see the big advantage. I've got errors and messages bubbling up through object layers as it is, and exchanging that with a wholly new structure seems more trouble that it's worth. I've read several books on how cool PHP5 is, but the arguments for using exceptions seem to boil down to "Java has them". Nowhere have I seen good examples that really show how well exceptions solve real problems, all examples seem to show are that 5 lines of try/catch are somehow sexier than 5 lines of if/else. What about performance? New OOP features: I can go through my code and mark all my methods as public or private or whatever. No problem. But why would I? It will make classes easier to understand when I look at them, but that's just convenience. What are the performance benefits? I've not found a single mention of that anywhere. What do abstractions and interfaces actually do, aside from structuring my code better? What major compelling reasons do I have to start using exceptions and OOP-5? Thanks, Niels -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
