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PHP Object-Oriented PHP Basics Understanding Classes Methods of a Class

Posted by Shari Staten
Shari Staten
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Am I way off here? Please assist. I keep getting an error with this code.

I keep wondering if I missed something but it I'm not sure what or where...

fish.php 
<?php

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

$bass = new Fish();
$bass->common_name = "Largemouth Bass";
$bass->flavor = "Excellent";
$bass->record_weight = "22 pounds 5 ounces";

function getInfo() {
    return "A ". $this->common_name . "is an " . $this->$flavor . "flavored fish.  The world 
    record weight is " . $this->record_weight;
  }


echo $bass->getInfo();

?>

1 Answer

Amber Stevens
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Amber Stevens
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Amber Stevens
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Amber Stevens
Treehouse Project Reviewer

So 2 things - you're close, you just need to move the getInfo method so that it's inside of your class. It should come right after the 3 properties are declared. And the second thing is you need to declare what kind of method it is....so it should start with either "public" or "private" or "protected"