What PHP OOP can do...

gistfile1.php

<?php
 
//require prepend file
require('minicore/_conf/conf.php');
 
//Call for necessary class families from herccore
using ('System.Data');
using ('System.Validation');
 
//make class definitions
$insertData = new insertData();
$validation = new isDataType();
 
//first check to see if the email is already in the table, if it not and it actually is an email address add it
if($insertData->check_if_unique('email',$_POST['email'],'newsletter') && $validation->isEmail($_POST['email'])) $insertData->insertSQL(array('email'),'newsletter');
 
//no matter what happens send them right back to the returnpage that is held in the hidden input named 'returnPage'
header('Location: '.$_POST['returnPage']);
 
?>

This little program only works with my particular framework but wanted to demonstrate what using OOP in php can do. It takes the post data (an email field and a hidden returnpage field) and first checks to see if the email is already in the newsletter table, and then verifies it is an email address. If it is then it adds it to the table and then sends them on back to the return page.

This took less than a minute to make, though it isn't exactly an amazing feature it does demonstrate how making good classes in php can help speed up programming.