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PHP Extending Object-Oriented PHP Inheritance Extending a Method

Posted by ahmed salim
ahmed salim
Courses Plus Student 114 Points

when i called my parent::setValue the description property return null.

public function setValues($data = []) { parent::setValues($data); if (isset($data['description'])) { $this->setStatus($data['description']); } }

object(ListingPremium)#3 (8) { ["description":"ListingPremium":private]=> NULL ["allowed_tags":protected]=> string(37) "

" ["status":protected]=> string(14) "My Description" ["id":"ListingBasic":private]=> NULL ["title":"ListingBasic":private]=> NULL ["website":"ListingBasic":private]=> NULL ["email":"ListingBasic":private]=> NULL ["twitter":"ListingBasic":private]=> NULL }

Alex Bauer
Alex Bauer
9,426 Points
Alex Bauer
Alex Bauer
9,426 Points

It might be too late to answer this by now but I see that you didn't change $this->setStatus($data['description']); } to $this->setDescription($data['description']); }.

The status was already set using the call to the original method in parent::SetValues. Then, you add the additional description on top of that method.