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PHP Extending Object-Oriented PHP Inheritance Extend a Class

Paul Leppard
Paul Leppard
14,752 Points

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

Can somebody help me out with stage 2 of 3 of this challenge.

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 {
   private $skills = array();


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

    }

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

1 Answer

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

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

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