Here I continue to explain Object Oriented Programming with PHP. If you missed the first part definitely watch that video tutorial first Object Oriented Programming with PHP.
Here I’ll cover the following topics:
- Inheritance
- Static Attributes (Variables)
- The _destruct Function
- The Final Keyword
- Overriding Functions
- And more…
If you have any questions, leave them below. All of the code follows the video.
All the Code from the Video
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<title><?php echo “Object Oriented Programming”;?></title>
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<?php
# Inheritance is done when you create a new class from another, thus borrowing the data
# and methods that can be found there.
class Animal
{
private $name; # Private variables are only accessed by class methods, but not subclasses
private $favFood = “meat”;
# A static attributes value is shared by all objects of the class
# You refer to static attribute like this self::$numOfAnimals, not with $this
public static $numOfAnimals = 0;
# Constructor and Deconstructor
public function __construct($name=”No Name”)
{
echo “__construct was called”. “<br />”;
$this->setName($name);
self::$numOfAnimals++;
}
public function __destruct()
{
echo “__destruct was called”. “<br />”;
}
# Get and Set Methods – final is used to keep methods from being overwritten
final public function getName()
{
return $this->name;
}
final public function setName($sentName)
{
$this->age = $sentName;
}
# Animal Default Functions
public function makeNoise()
{
echo “Grrrr”. “<br />”;
}
public function favFood()
{
echo “My favorite food is ” . $this->favFood . “<br />”;
}
public function move()
{
echo “Walk around”. “<br />”;
}
}
class Dog extends Animal
{
# If I didn’t create a new constructor the parent would be called
public function __construct($name=”No Name”)
{
parent::__construct($name); # How to call the parent constructor
# Animal::__construct($name); this would also call the parent constructor
}
public function __destruct()
{
echo “__destruct was called”. “<br />”;
}
# Dog Default Functions Overwrites Class Function
public function makeNoise()
{
Animal::makeNoise(); # How to call the original class method
echo “Bark, Bark”. “<br />”;
}
}
#function animalStuff(
$grover = new Dog(“Grover”); # Create an object grover of class Dog
$paul = new Dog(“Paul”);
$grover->makeNoise(); # Call the makeNoise() method for the grover object
$grover->favFood();
$grover->move();
echo Animal::$numOfAnimals. “<br />”; # Prints out the number of objects created
?>
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