Mastering Object Oriented Programming in PHP 8 (PHPC2)
3 days
€ 1,590.00
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Learn how to master object oriented programming with PHP with practical examples and expert trainers.
Level: Intermediate
Duration: 3 days
Available languages: English, French, German
Prerequisites: Mastering the basics of the PHP language
Goals: In three days you will learn all the basic concepts of object-oriented programming in PHP to become operational on frameworks like Symfony, Silex, Laravel, Drupal and Zend. You'll also learn how to develop with the object-oriented philosophy with the latest PHP versions including PHP 8.
Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
Introduction to the OOP main concepts
Understanding the benefits of using OOP
Discovering the main principles of OOP
Learning how to think and design code with the object approach
Discovering all new object oriented features introduced since PHP 5.3
Fundamentals of Object Oriented Programming
Understanding the concepts of classes and objects
Setting the state of an object with its properties
Reading and changing the state of an object thanks to its methods
Instanciating and initializing an object with its constructor
Destroying an object the right way with its destructor
Ensuring object state encapsulation thanks to attributes and methods scopes
Understanding the difference between instance and class scope
Specializing classes thanks to the inheritance principle
Leveraging classes to define new advanced data structures and types
Advanced Object Oriented Programming Concepts
Generalizing data structures types with abstract classes and methods
Preventing class and methods specialization
Overriding and overloading the behavior of a parent class' method
Handling errors properly with the exception mechanism
Design implementation contracts thanks to interfaces
Overriding implicit default objects behaviors with « magic methods »
Setting up mechanisms to automatically load class definitions files
Organizing data structures thanks to namespaces
Refactoring reusable chunks of object oriented code into « traits »
Leveraging the PHP 8 SPL
Discovering the « Standard PHP Library » aka SPL
Raising and throwing SPL specific exceptions types
Using the new SPL built-in data structures
Creating objects iterators thanks to the « Iterator » interface
Counting objects in a collection thanks to the « Countable » interface
Converting a PHP object into a PHP regular array with the « ArrayAccess » interface
Practicing the PHP 8 Native Object Oriented Tools
Manipulating relational databases with PHP Data Objects aka PDO
Traversing the data of an XML file thanks to the SimpleXML objects
Manipulating and formatting dates with the DateTime objects
Accessing files informations thanks to the SplFileInfo objects
Acquire Object Oriented Development Best Practices
Commenting and annotating code thanks to the « phpdoc » syntax
Mastering the SOLID main principles
Programming against interfaces
Promoting composition over inheritance
Discovering the main GoF design patterns
Introducing automated code unit testing with PHPUnit
Global average: 9.4/10
Educational rating: 10/10
Content rating: 9/10
Pace rating: 9.3/10
Success rate: 67%
The ratings are the synthesis of the cumulative assessments of our trainees from 01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025
Registration can only be made using the registration form available on our website, by phone or via e-mail.
Registration will be completed only after receiving the signed agreement and the full payment before the start of the training.
Meet our trainers
Stiven Llupa
Technical Expert
Stiven Llupa is a developer with over 15 years of experience working almost exclusively with PHP and more than 10 years with the Symfony framework. Beyond coding, Stiven is pretty easy-going and loves connecting with fellow developers, especially from the PHP and Symfony communities.
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Guillaume Loulier
Technical Expert
Symfony-certifed (3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) developer working at SensioLabs, Guillaume Loulier has been a speaker at technical conferences for many years. He is also training developers on Symfony and a former OCFrance Mentor. He loves motorsport.
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Benjamin Zaslavsky
PHP and Symfony Trainer
Benjamin Zaslavsky is a self-taught developer who is now certified in Symfony 6 and 7. He is passionate about sharing knowledge and mentoring to make life easier for developers.
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Mathieu Santostefano
Technical Expert
As a developer for almost 15 years, Mathieu Santostefano works with Symfony on a daily basis. Having worked with almost every version since Symfony 1.4, he has followed the evolution of the entire PHP ecosystem. He eventually became an active contributor and joined the Symfony Core Team in 2021. Still passionate about this community and its enthusiasm, Mathieu enjoys sharing his experience on stage at conferences such as Forum PHP, SymfonyLive, SymfonyCon, and API Platform Con.
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