You have probably heard a lot about Design Patterns---a technique that helps you design rock-solid solutions to practical problems that programmers everywhere encounter in their day-to-day work.

Even though there has been a lot of buzz, however, no-one has yet come up with a comprehensive resource on design patterns for PHP developers---until today.

Author Jason E. Sweat's book php|architect's Guide to PHP Design Patterns is the first, comprehensive guide to design patterns designed specifically for the PHP developer. This book includes coverage of 16 design patterns with a specific eye to their applications in PHP when building complex web applications, both in PHP 4 and PHP 5 (where appropriate, sample code for both versions of the language is provided).

As you can expect from a php|architect book, this Guide is very focused on its topic, with none of the fluff that accompanies the large, expensive "500-page monsters" you sometimes find at the bookstore. Naturally, this doesn't come at the expense of depth of coverage or clarity: the book contains tens of scripts that give you a practical overview of every topic covered, from top to bottom.

Table of Contents

0. Preface
1. Programming Practices
2. The ValueObject Pattern
3. The Factory Pattern
4. The Singleton Pattern
5. The Registry Pattern
6. The MockObject Pattern
7. The Strategy Pattern
8. The Iterator Pattern
9. The Observer Pattern
10. The Specification Pattern
11. The Proxy Pattern
12. The Decorator Pattern
13. The Adapter Pattern
14. The ActiveRecord Pattern
15. The TableDataGateway Pattern
16. The DataMapper Pattern
17. The Model-View-Controller Pattern
18. Conclusion

Appendices:

1. Patterns Quick Reference
2. SimpleTest Testing Practices