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

josue exhume
josue exhume
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Posted by josue exhume
josue exhume
20,981 Points

php methods

From the tutorial, hampton did :

    <?php
    class Product {
        public $name = 'Header Generator';
        public $price;
        public $desc;

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

    $p = new Product(); 

echo $p->getInfo();
    ?>

and it worked, what my question is how come the keyword "use" doesn't work and throws an error if i try to pass the $name variable this way,

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

or how come if i make the variable $name global its definition is lost and only "Product Name" gets printed.

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

1 Answer

Mike Costa
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Mike Costa
Courses Plus Student 26,362 Points
Mike Costa
Mike Costa
Courses Plus Student 26,362 Points

  1. I believe it is because the keyword "use" can only be used for anonymous functions. Being that getInfo() is defined within a class, its not anonymous.

  2. With your global question, its a property of the class its bound to. In order to access a property or method bound to a class, we use $this->property, or $this->method(). For learning purposes, if you want to access it globally within the class, you can change it to a public static variable and use the "self" keyword within the class, or call it outside of the class using its class name like so:

class Product{
    public static $name = 'Header Generator';

    public function getInfo(){
        return self::$name;
    }
}

$p = new Product();
echo $p->getInfo();
echo Product::$name;