Please note that if a class has a protected variable, a subclass cannot have the same variable redefined private (must be protected or weaker). It seemed to be logical for me as a subsubclass would not know if it could see it or not but even if you declare a subclass to be final the restriction remains.
Vizibilitatea
Vizibilitatea unei propietăţi sau a unei metode poate fi definită prefixând declaraţia cu unul din cuvintele cheie: public, protected sau private. Elementele (fie ele propietăţi sau metode) declarate public pot fi accesate oriunde. Elementele declarate protected limitează accesul la clasele care moştenesc proprietăţile sau metodele (precum şi la clasa care le defineşte). În final, cele declarate private limitează vizibilitatea doar la clasa în care sunt definite.
Vizibilitatea membrilor
Membri unei clase trebuie definiţi cu: public, private, sau protected.
Example #1 Declaraţie membri
<?php
/**
* Definire ClassaMea
*/
class ClassaMea
{
public $membru_public = 'Eu sunt: Public';
protected $membru_protected = 'Eu sunt: Protected';
private $membru_private = 'Eu sunt: Private';
function afiseazaBunaZiua()
{
echo $this->membru_public . ", ";
echo $this->membru_protected . ", ";
echo $this->membru_private;
}
}
$obj = new ClassaMea();
echo $obj->membru_public; // Funcţionează
echo $obj->membru_protected; // Eroare fatală
echo $obj->membru_private; // Eroare fatală
$obj->afiseazaBunaZiua(); // Afişează Eu sunt: Public, Eu sunt: Protected, Eu sunt: Private
/**
* Define ClassaMea2
*/
class ClassaMea2 extends ClassaMea
{
// Putem redeclara metodele publice şi protected, dar nu şi pe cele private
protected $membru_protected = 'Eu sunt: Protected2';
function afiseazaBunaZiua()
{
echo $this->membru_public . ",";
echo $this->membru_protected;
echo $this->membru_private;
}
}
$obj2 = new ClassaMea2();
echo $obj->membru_public; // Funcţionează
echo $obj2->membru_private; // Nedefinit
echo $obj2->membru_protected; // Eroare fatală
$obj2->afiseazaBunaZiua(); // Afişează Eu sunt: Public, Eu sunt: Protected2
?>
Notă: Metoda PHP 4 de a declara variabile folosind cuvântul cheie var este încă susţinută din motive de compatibilitate (fiind sinonim cuvântului cheie public). În PHP 5 înainte de 5.1.3, utilizarea sa va emite o avertizare de tip E_STRICT.
Vizibilitatea metodelor
Metodele claselor trebuie definite cu public, private, sau protected. Metodele fără nici o declaraţie sunt implicit considerate public.
Example #2 Declaraţie metode
<?php
/**
* Defineşte MyClass
*/
class MyClass
{
// Declară un constructor public
public function __construct() { }
// Declară o metodă publică
public function MyPublic() { }
// Declară o metodă protected
protected function MyProtected() { }
// Declară o metodă private
private function MyPrivate() { }
// Aceasta este public
function Foo()
{
$this->MyPublic();
$this->MyProtected();
$this->MyPrivate();
}
}
$myclass = new MyClass;
$myclass->MyPublic(); // Funcţionează
$myclass->MyProtected(); // Eroare fatală
$myclass->MyPrivate(); // Eroare fatală
$myclass->Foo(); // Cele Public, Protected şi Private funcţionează
/**
* Defineşte MyClass2
*/
class MyClass2 extends MyClass
{
// Aceasta este public
function Foo2()
{
$this->MyPublic();
$this->MyProtected();
$this->MyPrivate(); // Eroare fatală
}
}
$myclass2 = new MyClass2;
$myclass2->MyPublic(); // Funcţionează
$myclass2->Foo2(); // Public şi Protected funcţionează, dar nu şi Private
class Bar
{
public function test() {
$this->testPrivate();
$this->testPublic();
}
public function testPublic() {
echo "Bar::testPublic\n";
}
private function testPrivate() {
echo "Bar::testPrivate\n";
}
}
class Foo extends Bar
{
public function testPublic() {
echo "Foo::testPublic\n";
}
private function testPrivate() {
echo "Foo::testPrivate\n";
}
}
$myFoo = new foo();
$myFoo->test(); // Bar::testPrivate
// Foo::testPublic
?>
Vizibilitatea
13-Dec-2007 03:34
11-Oct-2007 09:52
Re: ference at super_delete_brose dot co dot uk
"If eval() is the answer, you’re almost certainly asking the wrong question."
<?php
eval('$result = $this->'.$var.';'); //wrong
$result = $this->$var; //right way
$var = "foo";
$this->var = "this will assign to member called 'var'.";
$this->$var = "this will assign to member called 'foo'.";
?>
29-May-2007 09:09
I couldn't find this documented anywhere, but you can access protected and private member varaibles in different instance of the same class, just as you would expect
i.e.
<?php
class A
{
protected $prot;
private $priv;
public function __construct($a, $b)
{
$this->prot = $a;
$this->priv = $b;
}
public function print_other(A $other)
{
echo $other->prot;
echo $other->priv;
}
}
class B extends A
{
}
$a = new A("a_protected", "a_private");
$other_a = new A("other_a_protected", "other_a_private");
$b = new B("b_protected", "ba_private");
$other_a->print_other($a); //echoes a_protected and a_private
$other_a->print_other($b); //echoes b_protected and ba_private
$b->print_other($a); //echoes a_protected and a_private
?>
22-May-2007 07:10
Sometimes you may wish to have all members of a class visible to other classes, but not editable - effectively read-only.
In this case defining them as public or protected is no good, but defining them as private is too strict and by convention requires you to write accessor functions.
Here is the lazy way, using one get function for accessing any of the variables:
<?php
class Foo {
private $a;
private $b;
private $c;
private $d;
private $e;
private $f;
public function __construct() {
$this->a = 'Value of $a';
$this->b = 'Value of $b';
$this->c = 'Value of $c';
$this->d = 'Value of $d';
$this->e = 'Value of $e';
$this->f = 'Value of $f';
}
/* Accessor for all class variables. */
public function get($what) {
$result = FALSE;
$vars = array_keys(get_class_vars('Foo'));
foreach ($vars as $var) {
if ($what == $var) {
eval('$result = $this->'.$var.';');
return $result;
}
}
return $result;
}
}
class Bar {
private $a;
public function __construct() {
$foo = new Foo();
var_dump($foo->get('a')); // results in: string(11) "Value of $a"
}
}
$bar = new Bar();
?>
08-Apr-2007 03:49
If you always thought how can you use a private method in php4 classes then try the following within your class.
<?php
function private_func($func)
{
$this->file = __FILE__;
if (PHPVERS >= 43) {
$tmp = debug_backtrace();
for ($i=0; $i<count($tmp); ++$i) {
if (isset($tmp[$i]['function'][$func])) {
if ($this->file != $tmp[$i]['file']) {
trigger_error('Call to a private method '.__CLASS__.'::'.$func.' in '.$tmp[$i]['file'], E_USER_ERROR);
}
}
}
}
}
?>
Then inside the private function add:
<?php
function foo() {
$this->private_func(__FUNCTION__);
# your staff goes here
}
?>
14-Mar-2007 06:33
Uh... to atitthaker at gmail dot com -- It is *meant* to be available under C as well, since A is a superclass of C, and any proctected methods in a superclass is always available to a subclass, no matter how many "generations" you have to traverse, it is available to C.
01-Mar-2007 10:34
<?
class A
{
protected $b=20;
private $a=10;
//protected method and shall not be accessible under class C
protected function access()
{
print("here");
}
}
class B extends A
{
public function test()
{
$this->access() ;
}
}
class C extends B
{
function temp()
{
$this->access(); // access variable and prints "here"
}
}
$abc= new C();
$abc->temp();
?>
Above code shall generate error as protected method of class A is accessible in class C which is directly not inheriting class A.
23-Aug-2006 11:22
A class A static public function can access to class A private function :
<?php
class A {
private function foo()
{
print("bar");
}
static public function bar($a)
{
$a->foo();
}
}
$a = new A();
A::bar($a);
?>
It's working.
13-Jul-2006 12:19
This refers to previous notes on protected members being manipulated externally:
It is obvious that if you were to allow methods the option of replacing protected variables with external ones it will be possible, but there is no reason not to simply use a protected method to define these, or not to write the code to allow it. Just because it is possible doesn't mean it's a problem, it simply does not allow you to be lax on the security of the class.
28-Mar-2006 11:26
About the previous note:
Of course you cannot declare public attributes/methods private, because it can break code relying on access to such an attribute/method. But of course your children can override private with protected/public.
07-Feb-2006 02:50
Note that you cannot change visibility in a child defined in the parent:
class A {
public function f() {}
}
class B extends A {
private function f() {}
}
Produces Fatal error: Access level to B::f() must be public (as in class A) in ...
jfk, visibility != security. Visibility prevents programmers from doing dumb things like:
class A {
private function __construct() {}
final public static &factory() { return new A(); }
}
$x = new A();
The use of "protected" as an identifier is unfortunate tradition as it really means "only me and my decedents" (and in the odd case of PHP my ancestors too).
05-Jan-2006 02:11
Beware: Visibility works on a per-class-base and does not prevent instances of the same class accessing each others properties!
<?php
class Foo
{
private $bar;
public function debugBar(Foo $object)
{
// this does NOT violate visibility although $bar is private
echo $object->bar, "\n";
}
public function setBar($value)
{
// Neccessary method, for $bar is invisible outside the class
$this->bar = $value;
}
public function setForeignBar(Foo $object, $value)
{
// this does NOT violate visibility!
$object->bar = $value;
}
}
$a = new Foo();
$b = new Foo();
$a->setBar(1);
$b->setBar(2);
$a->debugBar($b); // 2
$b->debugBar($a); // 1
$a->setForeignBar($b, 3);
$b->setForeignBar($a, 4);
$a->debugBar($b); // 3
$b->debugBar($a); // 4
?>
02-Sep-2005 12:14
Private visibility actually force members to be not inherited instead of limit its visibility. There is a small nuance that allows you to redeclare private member in child classes.
<?php
class A
{
private $prop = 'I am property of A!';
}
class B extends A
{
public $prop = 'I am property of B!';
}
$b = new B();
echo $b->prop; // "I am property of B!"
?>
21-Jul-2005 05:10
A note about private members, the doc says "Private limits visibility only to the class that defines the item" this says that the following code works as espected:
<?php
class A {
private $_myPrivate="private";
public function showPrivate()
{
echo $this->_myPrivate."\n";
}
}
class B extends A {
public function show()
{
$this->showPrivate();
}
}
$obj=new B();
$obj->show(); // shows "private\n";
?>
this works cause A::showPrivate() is defined in the same class as $_myPrivate and has access to it.
