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

Roger Dailey
Roger Dailey
14,887 Points
Posted by Roger Dailey
Roger Dailey
14,887 Points

How do I get the fish's flavor and record weight in the return value from getInfo?

Not sure how to get them all in the return value from getInfo?

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(){
    return "Fish name".$this->common_name;  
  }

}
$bass = new Fish("Largemouth Bass", "Excellent", "22 pounds 5 ounces");
?>

2 Answers

Chris Shearon
Chris Shearon
Courses Plus Student 17,330 Points

Hi Rodger,

You can use the string concatenation ( . ) to to bring all the values together. 

public function getInfo(){
    return "A ".$this->common_name." is an ".$this->flavor." flavored fish. The world record weight is ".$this->record_weight.".";
  }
Roger Dailey
Roger Dailey
14,887 Points
Roger Dailey
Roger Dailey
14,887 Points

Thank you Chris, much appreciated.

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

I don't think l queit understand your question however you can do something as simple as print_r($bass -> flavor); to print out the flavour and print_r($bass -> record_weight); for the weight you can also do something like print_r($bass); including their keys.