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PHP Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired) Properties and Methods Mid-Course Challenge

Jeffrey Cunningham
Jeffrey Cunningham
5,592 Points
Posted by Jeffrey Cunningham
Jeffrey Cunningham
5,592 Points

create a method on fish

Help I can't get past this!

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;
  }

  //method
  public function getinfo(){
   return "The $this->name . is a $this->flavor . flavored fish with a favored weight of . $this->record; 
  }
}
$bass = new Fish("Largemouth Bass", "Excellent", "22 pounds 5 ounces");

echo $bass->getinfo();

?>
narvesh pradhan
narvesh pradhan
2,958 Points
narvesh pradhan
narvesh pradhan
2,958 Points

return "A". $this ->common_name . "is a " . $this ->flavor . "fish" . "the world record weight is ". $this-> record_weight ; this will print " a largemouth bass is a excellent flavour fish. the world record weight is 22 pounds and 5 ounces.'' hope this will help you.

3 Answers

Sean Do
Sean Do
11,933 Points
Sean Do
Sean Do
11,933 Points

You can already tell by looking at your pasted code. Check your quotes on your return statement, either you didn't close it or you're concatenating wrong.

Here's my results:

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

$bass = new Fish("Largemouth Bass", "Excellent", "22 pounds 5 ounces");
?>
Jeffrey Cunningham
Jeffrey Cunningham
5,592 Points
Jeffrey Cunningham
Jeffrey Cunningham
5,592 Points

Thank you, I was using the concatenation wrong and I was referencing from the construct instead of the class.

Ted Sumner
PLUS
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points
Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

I recently learned that the original code could work with some minor tweaks. When PHP has a variable enclosed in a double quote it will process the variable and input its value. It will not for single quotes. So if you take out the concatenation periods and punctuate properly, it should display the way you want. That is not to say that it will pass the challenge, though.