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Posted by Bojana Skarich
Bojana Skarich
3,260 Points

PHP OOP Mid-Challenge Task 5 Not Working

I can't seem to get my task 5 to work in the PHP OOP Mid-Challenge. Here is my code. Any suggestions? Thanks!! Bojana

<?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; }

$bass = new Fish(); $bass->common_name = "Largemouth Bass"; $bass->flavor = "Excellent"; $bass->record_weight = "22 pounds 5 ounces";

public function getInfo() { return "A " .$this->common_name . "is an " .$this->flavor . "flavored fish. The world record weight is" .$this->record_weight; } } echo $bass->getInfo(); ?>

1 Answer

Joe Cochran
Joe Cochran
18,249 Points
Joe Cochran
Joe Cochran
18,249 Points

You are creating your $bass inside the definition of the Fish() class. If you move it out of the class definition, the object will be created. So for example:

<?php
class Foo() {
   $bar = new Foo();
}

This attempts to add a new fish to the description of the class. If you instead do:

<?php
class Foo() {

}
$bar = new Foo();

the object will be created as a new instance of the class.

Here's how this would look in your code:

<?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;
    }

    // this is where the new Fish() used to be

    public function getInfo() {
        return "A " .$this->common_name . "is an " .$this->flavor . "flavored fish. The world record weight is" .$this->record_weight;
    }
}
// Move the class initialization down here!
$bass = new Fish();
$bass->common_name = "Largemouth Bass";
$bass->flavor = "Excellent";
$bass->record_weight = "22 pounds 5 ounces";

// No need to echo, it just wants you to define the getInfo function. I have commented the echo out.
//echo $bass->getInfo();

?>
Bojana Skarich
Bojana Skarich
3,260 Points

Many thanks for your detailed explanation, Joe! I didn't realize that we have to instantiate object outside of the class declaration. Now my code works :)