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I'm new-ish to programming, especially for the web. I've taken a couple of college level courses in C++ as well as some VB. Mostly when I code it is in Assembly so objects aren't really an issue.

So now I'm trying to teach myself some PHP and MySQL and I have some of the fundamentals. I'm trying to create a game that will store values in a db and adjust those values when choices are made, on random events, etc. While laying it out I'm thinking "make this OOP" but I don't know WHY.

If I create a new object and fill its variables does that information reside in the server's cache until changed? If not then why would I use a session for instance and reload the object's variables every time?

Ungh. I feel like I'm close to being able to do something (though with a lot of Blood Sweat and Tears) but I'm missing ... SOMETHING. What?!

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Help? At least a point in the right direction?

Thanks!

Programming games is a fun way to practice a new programming language but some of the programming required to create a game is a little involved. So I would suggest getting some books to help you. I have not read this book but, based on your description of what you are trying to do, it looks promishing. There is no mention of OOP in description

PHP Game Programming (Paperback) by Matt Rutledge
http://www.amazon.com/PHP-Game-Programming-Matt-Rutledge/dp/159200153X

One of the main boosts I find from OOP is only needing to read once from the database without having a whole bunch of globals.
Do the DB call and load the data into a class variable.
Then you have it at your finger tips throughout the page.
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