Introduction to PHP Classes (OOP) - The Summary
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As I said earlier, classes have been proven to be very efficient. They are the gateway to "Object Oriented Programming" or OOP as some people like to call it. With OOP, you can dramatically save yourself a lot of time and also create an archive of objects or classes that you can use over and over.
Homework?
If you don't mind, I'd like to give you a homework assignment using Classes. This will show you a very practical use of a class and something you will probably find yourself using over and over again.
Your homework assignment is to create a class that uses the mail() function. Some people (like me) have a hard time remembering mail() headers and I find that putting them into a class can really save yourself a lot of time.
I recommend that you create two or three functions inside your class. One function should send HTML mail and another should send plain text mail. You can add another function that allows you to send file attachments and so on. You'll find this will be very useful in your every day tasks.
Please don't email me your homework :) If it works for you, then you passed! If not, uhmmm, keep trying :)
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