Learning PHP Design Patterns

Preface

Part 1: Easing into the Fundamentals of Design Patterns
1. PHP and Object-Oriented Programming
-Entering into Intermediate and Advanced Programming
-Why Object-Oriented Programming?
-Classes and Objects
-The Client as a Requester Class
-What About Speed?
-What's Wrong with Sequential and Procedural Programming?

2. Basic Concepts in OOP
-Abstraction
-Encapsulation
-Inheritance
-Polymorphism
-Easy Does It

3. Basic Design Pattern Concepts
-The MVC Loosens and Refocuses Programming
-Basic Principles of Design Patterns
-Design Patterns as a Big Cheat Sheet
-Choosing a Design Pattern

4. Using UMLs with Design Patterns
-Why Unified Modeling Language (UML)?
-Class Diagrams
-Participant Symbols
-Relationship Notations
-Object Diagrams
-Interaction Diagrams
-The Role of Diagrams and Notations in Object-Oriented Programming
-Tools for UMLs
-Other UMLs

Part 2: Creational Design Patterns
5. Factory Method Design Pattern
-What Is the Factory Method Pattern?
-When to Use the Factory Method
-A Minimalist Example
-Accommodating Class Changes

6. Prototype Design Pattern
-What Is the Prototype Design Pattern?
-When to Use the Prototype Pattern
-The Clone Function
-A Minimalist Prototype Example
-Adding OOP to the Prototype
-The Prototype in PHP Land

Part 3: Structural Design Patterns
7. The Adapter Pattern
-What Is the Adapter Pattern?
-When to Use the Adapter Pattern
-The Adapter Pattern Using Inheritance
-The Adapter Pattern Using Composition

8. Decorator Design Pattern
-What Is the Decorator Pattern?
-When to Use the Decorator Pattern
-Minimalist Decorator
-What About Wrappers?
-Decorators with Multiple Components
-HTML User Interface (UI)

Part 4: Behavioral Design Patterns
9. The Template Method Pattern
-What Is the Template Method Pattern?
-When to Use the Template Method
-Using the Template Method with Images and Captions: A Minimal Example
-The Client
-The Hollywood Principle
-Using the Template Method with Other Design Patterns
-The Factory Method Participants
-The Hook in the Template Method Design Pattern
-The Small and Mighty Template Method

10. The State Design Pattern
-What Is the State Pattern?
-When to Use the State Pattern?
-The State Machine
-Light On, Light Off: The Minimal State Design Pattern
-Adding States
-The Navigator: More Choices and Cells
-The State Pattern and PHP

Part 5: MySQL and PHP Design Patterns
11. A Universal Class for Connections and a Proxy Pattern for Security
-A Simple Interface and Class for MySQL
-The Protection Proxy for Login
-The Proxy and Real-World Security

12. The Flexibility of the Strategy Design Pattern
-Encapsulating Algorithms
-A Minimalist Strategy Pattern
-Expanded Strategy Pattern with Data Security and Parameterized Algorithms
-The Flexible Strategy Pattern

13. The Chain of Responsibility Design Pattern
-Passing the Buck
-The Chain of Responsibility in a MySQL Help Desk
-Automated Chain of Responsibility and Factory Method
-Ease of Update

14. Building a Multidevice CMS with the Observer Pattern
-Built-In Observer Interfaces
-When to Use the Observer Pattern
-Using SPL with the Observer Pattern
-Free Range PHP and the Observer Pattern
-Making a Simple CMS
-Thinking OOP

Index