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PHP Quick Scripting Reference
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PHP Quick Scripting Reference

by Mikael Olsson
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced
140 pages
1h 49m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 9

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Class

A class is a template used to create objects. To define one the class keyword is used followed by a name and a code block. The naming convention for classes is mixed case, meaning that each word should be initially capitalized.

class MyRectangle {}

The class body can contain properties and methods. Properties are variables that hold the state of the object, while methods are functions which define what the object can do. Properties are also known as fields or attributes in other languages. In PHP, they must have an explicit access level specified. The public access level is used below, which gives unrestricted access to the property. ...

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