Procedural VS Object Oriented
What is the correct way to write code? If you have worked with PHP long enough you may well have come across the website PHP The Right Way . This website is dedicated to helping developers learn the industry best practices. Interestingly another site appeared afterwards called PHP The Wrong Way . In essence this website is a rebuttal to the many of the recommendations made in PHP The Right Way. With any sphere of learning it is important to keep an open mind, to listen and critically evaluate the received wisdom and determine if it is indeed wisdom or opinion built on shaky ground. There is one part of the argument I would like to focus on and this is the argument for and against " Always use object-oriented Programming ". While PHP The Right Way does not appear to explicitly state that you should always use an object oriented approach it is implicit from the examples and the recommendations to use design patterns. While there are programming approaches available othe...