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[G33k]

I am willing to create my own forum or something similar, where one player can ask question or give suggestions and so on. And other players could vote for the question and of course answer to that.

I am able to do that in PHP procedural programming, but I started studying Object Oriented Programming and I know all basics and now I am very keen to do something useful and something bigger in OOP to improve my knowledge.

So, maybe you could give me advices on what classes should I use and maybe something else for a OOP novice. Do not offer me use framework, because first of all I want to create everything by myself. Thank you.

[dbug]

If you want to do this in PHP, the first thing you should do is to know the characteristics of OOP in PHP. The online manual is quite good and has some examples. There are a few special things you must know before writing classes and using objects in PHP.

There exists a module for PHP called SPL (Standard PHP Library) that offers some classes and interfaces you might find useful. There are some other classes implemented by other extensions (for example to manipulate XML data).

[Alexander]

An MVC (model-view-controller) framework pattern would most definitely suit your forum task, and help you learn the inner guts of (objects) in PHP.
Model View Controller [Web Application Component Toolkit]

[WingedPanther]

At this stage, you may not even be ready to answer that question. You'll also need to consider how your database will interact with the classes you design, along with how they'll produce output.

[PETTE]

You really need to find a good tutorial on OOP. You should try php.net. Why don't you get a whole book and learn PHP. It sounds like you're learning PHP unguided this could take a long time. Find a book that covers every thing.