PHP Weekender - PHP best practices

The issue: In PHP 4 object orientation was a mess


<?php
// To reference an object
$object1 = &$object2;

function &return_reference( &$object_to_modify )
{
    // Code
}
?>

Everything was copied by default, to reference variables you needed &.

No interfaces, no abstract, no static, no scope model for methods and properties.

The solution: Always use PHP 5


<?php
$object1 = new stdClass();
$object2 = clone $object1;
var_dump( ( $object1 === $object2) );
?>

Output

bool(false)