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PHP Object-Oriented PHP Basics Building the Recipe Ready Get Set Go

Sujal Khatiwada
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Sujal Khatiwada
Courses Plus Student 204 Points
Posted by Sujal Khatiwada
Sujal Khatiwada
Courses Plus Student 204 Points

To allow a method to accept an OPTIONAL argument, what do we need to do?

To allow a method to accept an OPTIONAL argument, what do we need to do?

2 Answers

David Evans
David Evans
10,490 Points
David Evans
David Evans
10,490 Points

Hi Sujal.

To allow a method to accept an optional argument, simply set a default.

The correct answer for the quiz is: Set the method parameter equal to a default value.

An example would be:

<?php
public function setMemberID($id = 0) {
// method/function code here
}
?>```
Ahsan Parwez
Ahsan Parwez
3,139 Points
Ahsan Parwez
Ahsan Parwez
3,139 Points

Simple Set the variable value to 0 or null.