Backed by a tireless development community, PHP has been a model of language evolution over its 10+ year history. Borne from a contract developers pet project, these days youll find PHP powering many of the worlds largest web sites, including Yahoo!, Digg, EA Games, and Lycos. PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice, Second Edition shows you how to meld the power of PHP with the sound enterprise development techniques embraced by professional programmers. Going well beyond the basics of objectoriented development, youll learn about advanced topics such as working with static methods and properties, abstract classes, interfaces, design patterns, exception handling, and more. Youll also be exposed to key tools such as PEAR, CVS, Phing, and phpDocumentor. What youll learn Write solid, maintainable code by embracing objectoriented techniques and design patterns Create detailed, versatile documentation using the powerful phpDocumentor automated documentation system Gain new flexibility during the development process by managing your code within a CVS repository and using the Phing build system Capitalize upon the quality code of others by using the PEAR package management solution Who this book is for PHP developers seeking to embrace sound development techniques such as objectorientation, design patterns, testing, and documentation.