Event driven programming in PHP - Conclusion about Events

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Throughout the writing of this article it became very clear to me that a full implementation of events in PHP, would require some kind of abstraction layer. Once that is in place, it will become viable to go this route (depending on your needs).

Which would fit nicely into a PHP framework - apparently there are a few out there supporting events.

It is however more fun to build your own (for me in anycase), which would force an initial investment of time (which we might not have). There would also be a lot more things to consider, I barely scraped the surface.

Think about events in a class inheritance scenario.
Think about maintaining page state (something I briefly mentioned in the "Reconcile GUI events" section.
Think about creating a multitude of controls, representing html controls.

If you're simply needing it for what I discussed in the "Building flexible controls" section, you might get away without needing a full implementation.

All in all, the biggest thing is looking at your task at hand, what you really need. You might end up trying to wack an ant with a nuclear bomb.

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