With just a quick note and a revival of an old article that he wrote, Robert Peake has a new post on his blog about this piece - Object Oriented Versus Procedural Programming in PHP: Choosing The Best Tool For The Job".

Almost a year later, the issue of object oriented (oo) versus procedural programming in PHP is still a hot topic. In fact, with the steady adoption of PHP 5 and all its oo improvements, it is hotter than ever. So, I draw your attention to the article I wrote for Zend which drew a lot of attention last year as well as the video of the presentation I gave on this topic to the Los Angeles LAMP SIG group a month later. Enjoy!

If you have the time, be sure to check out this presentation - it brings some good points to the table, including the idea that OOP is just not good for everything. Procedural PHP still has its place...