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I was wondering if anyone knew of either any tutorials on designing a fully functional, yet practical PHP OOP application, or a semi-basic app that was written in an OOP style (like a blog or something, not a complex CMS or that)?
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OOP in PHP started making more sense to me after I learned a little more about PHP Frameworks. Specifically Laravel.I highly recommend Laracasts. Then you could go back and read this http://www.larryullman.com/books/php-advanced-and-object-oriented-programming/#downloads He gives a good example in the book.