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PHP Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired) Properties and Methods Constructor Method

Posted by Paul Mather
Paul Mather
3,313 Points

OOP Construct Method - code incorrect?

I'm doing the OOP track and, when writing the exact same code as in the video, it echos out "default_name" instead of what it does in the test (obviously my text differs slightly from that in the video, but everything else is the same).

Any idea why it's displaying "default_name" instead of "Testing"?

class Product {

    public $name = "default_name";
    public $price = 0;
    public $desc = "default description";

    function __contruct($name, $price, $desc) {
        $this->name = $name;
        $this->price = $price;
        $this->desc = $desc;
    }

    public function getInfo() {
        return "Product Name: ". $this->name;
    }
}

$p = new Product();
$shirt = new Product("Testing", 34.99, "An amazing T-Shirt");

echo $shirt->getInfo();

?> ```

3 Answers

Jesse Richard
Jesse Richard
1,899 Points

Check out your constructor name. It's very, very close....

Paul Mather
Paul Mather
3,313 Points
Paul Mather
Paul Mather
3,313 Points

Oh wow, i can't believe i missed that! I looked over it at least 10 times.

Thanks Jesse, i really appreciate you taking a look.

Jesse Richard
Jesse Richard
1,899 Points

No problem. Happens to me all the time!