PHP is, first and foremost, a language designed for the Web. And, because of its extensive support for objects, we can take advantage of patterns hatched in the context of other object-oriented languages, particularly Java.
I develop a single example in this chapter, using it to illustrate the patterns I cover. Remember, though, that by choosing to use one pattern, you are not committed to using all of the patterns that work well with it. Nor should you feel that the implementations presented here are the only way you might go about deploying these patterns. Rather, you should use ...
