How does one typically begin a PHP script and handle requests in PHP, especially in an object-oriented context?

To begin a PHP script, you typically start by declaring the opening PHP tag <?php. In an object-oriented context, you would create a class that contains methods to handle requests. You can then instantiate an object of that class and call its methods to process incoming requests.

&lt;?php

// Define a class to handle requests
class RequestHandler {
    public function handleRequest($request) {
        // Process the request here
        echo &quot;Handling request: &quot; . $request;
    }
}

// Instantiate the RequestHandler class
$requestHandler = new RequestHandler();

// Handle incoming request
$requestHandler-&gt;handleRequest($_POST[&#039;request&#039;]);

?&gt;