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

hi, help

Create a new Trout object named $brook_trout with the following data: name: "Trout" flavor: "Delicious" record: "14 pounds 8 ounces" species: "Brook"

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;

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

  $brook_trout = new Trout() {

    $name = "Trout";
    $flavor = "Delicious";
    $record = "14 pounds 8 ounces";
    $species = "Brook";

  }
}


?>
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points

I would strongly suggest going through the videos again and getting a better grasp on this section before moving on.

Can you explain what problems you're having? What's confusing you?

Juliette Tworsey
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Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,425 Points

Hi Raul,

I got stuck on this too at first and had to ask for help.

This should work:

$brook_trout = new Trout("Trout", "Delicious", "14 pounds 8 ounces", "Brook");

2 Answers

Sam Donald
Sam Donald
36,305 Points

Hi Raul,

You've created a Trout class and assigned a set of 4 excepted/expected values

$name, $flavor, $record, $species

Now you are creating an Object of the Trout class. You can think of this as a subset of Trout. That is to say that a Brook Trout is a type of Trout and so it inherits values common among Trout. You might also say that a Toyota Corolla is a type of Toyota so it shares similarities with other Toyota's. Like, Manufacturer, Badge, Country of Origin etc...

Because your $brook_trout is a subset of Trout (i.e.

$brook_trout = new Trout

When you pass in the 4 common values as Juliette Tworsey notes above, the Trout class assigns them to

$name, $flavor, $record, $species
Juliette Tworsey
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Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,425 Points

Thanks for the well thought out explanation Sam. I haven't seen this code in 8 months and now I feel like I have a more thorough understanding of it the 2nd time around.

i don't understand what the question wants