The concept of software design patterns gained popularity after a seminal work was published in 1994 entitled "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software” by a group of prominent computer scientists affectionately referred to as the “Gang of Four.” Understanding classic OOP software design patterns allows PHP developers to solve recurring design problems efficiently, promoting code reusability and maintainability.

In this course, you’ll learn about:

• Creational Patterns: Factory, Builder

• Structural Patterns: Adapter, Decorator, Proxy

• Behaviorial Patterns: Pub/Sub, Strategy, Iterator, Visitor, Flyweight

• Concurrency Patterns: Active Object, Lock, Reactor, Scheduler

• Inversion of Control: Dependency Injection, Service Locator