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PHP Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired) Inheritance, Interfaces, and Exceptions Final Challenge

add a getinfo method to your tout class...........please help

i cant get he syntax right.

fish.php
<?php

class Fish
{
    public $common_name;
    public $flavor;
    public $record_weight;

    function __construct($name, $flavor, $record){
        $this->common_name = $name;
        $this->flavor = $flavor;
        $this->record_weight = $record;
    }

    public function getInfo() {
        $output  = "The {$this->common_name} is an awesome fish. ";
        $output .= "It is very {$this->flavor} when eaten. ";
        $output .= "Currently the world record {$this->common_name} weighed {$this->record_weight}.";
        return $output;
    }
}

class Trout extends Fish 
{
  public $species;
  public function __construct($name, $flavor, $record, $species){
    parent::__construct($name, $flavor, $record);
    $this->species = $species;

    public function getInfo() {
        return $this->common_name . "tastes" . $this->flavor . "." . "The record" . $this->record_weight . "weighed" . $this->species . "."; .";
 }
}
$brook_trout = new Trout("Trout", "Delicious", "14 pounds 8 ounces", "Brook");
$brook= new getInfo();
?>

3 Answers

Sascha Bratton
Sascha Bratton
3,671 Points

Looks like you've got an extra ."; after the semi-colon on your getInfo() function. Also, you've got the definition for it inside of the definition of your constructor function. It needs to be a separate definition inside the Trout class.

Additionally, you don't use new to call a class function, only when instantiating it. Instead, to call the getInfo() function of your $brook_trout object, you would call $brook_trout->getInfo();

its still not working

i got it thanx