PHP OOP Design Patterns | Factory Method

ℹ Factory method is a simple design pattern which enables you to delegate the creation of objects to a dedicated class...keeping your client code lean and observing the single responsibility principle.

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[adelhishem]

Nice one Gary, keep them coming these intermediate videos. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[DanielK]

Great video! Would love to see series on design patterns :)

[ApplicableProgramming]

Well explained, I like that you used real life example. What are the advantages of using Factory Method rather then simple if-else in the controller?

[rahulchavan.]

NIce Explanation, if i am not wrong decorator design pattern makes more sense for this example, modify the behaviour of free plan objects depending upon the plans. if no then please explain why factory pattern is more suitable.

[stylesg]

Thank you for the great videos.
Question: When is it best to favour inheritance over composition?
Is it best to extend abstract classes or code to an interface? Are they any differences?

[dustinandband]

Does the web server automatically make separate php files visible to others that are in the same namespace (so no need to use ‘include’ or ‘require’ keywords)? That is the only part of this tutorial that’s unclear for viewers working with an IDE and not launching a web server for testing.

[FrankLandry]

One more comment, while your tutorial is great and informational, you might also want to highlight sanitizing anything that gets passed to the POST and GET superglobals in a basic way. Just a suggestion.

[theman]

When do you use double slashes like these: \\