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PHP Extending Object-Oriented PHP Inheritance Extend a Class

Posted by vishal mishra
vishal mishra
387 Points

Create a public facing SETTER named "setSkills" that will accept an array and set the $skill property to that arrayvalue

class Developer extends User{ protected $skills=array();

public function getSkills() { return $this->skills; }

public function setSkills($array) { $this->skills = $array; } }

User.php 
<?php
//do not modify this file
class User {
    protected $name;
    protected $title;

    public function __construct($name = null, $title = null) {
        $this->name = $name;
        $this->title = $title;
    }

    public function __toString() {
        return $this->getSalutation();
    }

    public function getSalutation() {
        return $this->title . " " . $this->name;
    }

    public function getName() {
        return $this->name;
    }

    public function setName($name) {
        $this->name = $name;
    }

    public function getTitle() {
        return $this->title;
    }

    public function setTitle($title) {
        $this->title = $title;
    }
}

?>
Developer.php 
<?php

//add new child class here
class Developer extends User{
  $protected $skills=array();

  public function getSkills(){
    return $this->skills;
  }
  public function setSkills($array)
  {
    $this->skills = $array;
  }
}
jamesjones21
jamesjones21
9,260 Points
jamesjones21
jamesjones21
9,260 Points

what is the problem here?

Melissa Spiegel
Melissa Spiegel
Courses Plus Student 1,753 Points
Melissa Spiegel
Melissa Spiegel
Courses Plus Student 1,753 Points

protected should not have a $ it should be

<?php
//add new child class here
class Developer extends User{

  protected $skills = array();

  public function getSkills(){
     return $this->skills;
  }

  public function setSkills($skills){
     $this->skills = $skills;
  }
}

1 Answer

Charles Fields
Charles Fields
4,205 Points
Charles Fields
Charles Fields
4,205 Points

Your code is almost identical to mine, which was accepted as Task 2. (I'm looking only at the child class). I used the name $newSkills rather than $array as the input parameter. Might there be a problem with that name? What is the error message?

Btw, I came to this post looking to see if anyone was thrown off by the instruction to "set the $skill property", should be $skills.

Melissa Spiegel
Melissa Spiegel
5,957 Points
Melissa Spiegel
Melissa Spiegel
5,957 Points

Yes, "set the $skill property" confused me too!