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

Posted by geek
geek
2,405 Points

I would love to see some 'use cases' of interfaces in PHP.

I would need a couple real world examples in detail to understand the usefulness of interfaces.

2 Answers

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi geek,

See the PHP reference for Object Interfaces, essentially interfaces define a template for methods that are required for a class to be valid, they are good for projects where you have a cluster of classes that share the same base methods such as setters and getters, essentially if you change the interface you know that anything implementing it will need to be updated to inherit the new change.

Kazimierz Matan
Kazimierz Matan
13,257 Points
Kazimierz Matan
Kazimierz Matan
13,257 Points

Here is Stackoverflow discussion with "database" example of interface usage.