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What is the main concept of OOP in programming?
What is the main concept of OOP in programming?
What is the purpose of a class in OOP?
What is the purpose of a class in OOP?
What is an object in OOP?
What is an object in OOP?
What happens when an individual object is created from a class?
What happens when an individual object is created from a class?
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How do you define a PHP class?
How do you define a PHP class?
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What are the three visibility modifiers in PHP?
What are the three visibility modifiers in PHP?
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How do you add properties to a class in PHP?
How do you add properties to a class in PHP?
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What is the correct syntax for defining a method in a PHP class?
What is the correct syntax for defining a method in a PHP class?
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Study Notes
OOP Concepts
- OOP considers everything in the world as an object, which is an entity that holds its own properties (data) via variables and behaviors (functions) via methods.
Classes & Objects
- A class is the blueprint/template that is used to hold objects along with their behavior and properties.
- An object is simply an instance/occurrence of the class.
- A class can have properties like make, color, year, speed limit, etc.
- Objects inherit all the properties and behaviors from the class, but each object will have different values for the properties.
Defining a PHP Class
- A class is defined by using the
class
keyword, followed by the name of the class and a pair of curly braces ({}
). - The class name should start with a letter, cannot be a PHP reserved word, and cannot contain spaces.
- All properties and methods go inside the curly braces.
Adding Properties & Methods to a Class
- Properties are added to the class by placing variables inside it.
- Methods are defined using the
function
keyword before the name of the function. - Properties and methods can have one of the three visibility modifiers:
public
,private
, andprotected
. - If a method is defined without any visibility modifier, it defaults to
public
.
Calling Member Functions
- After creating an object, you can use it to call the member functions or assign values to the data members (property) of that class.
- To access a property, you use the object operator (
->
). - To call a method, you also use the object operator (
->
).
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Learn about Object-Oriented Programming concepts, including classes, objects, and more in the context of PHP and Advanced Web Technologies.