Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/27/06 15:28

jopperdepopper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> finally giving php 5 a go, and going over the new approach to classes.
> Can someone clarify the public, private and protected to me?
>
> I quote the php manual: "The visibility of a property or method can be
> defined by prefixing the declaration with the keywords: public,
> protected or private. Public declared items can be accessed
> everywhere."
>
> But should I read "...can be accessed everywhere within a given class."
> or "...can be accessed by all other classes." ?
>
> Job
>

Job,

You should read "can be accessed everywhere".

Private members can be accessed by members of the class only.
Protected members can be accessed by members of the class or a derived
class.
Public members can be accessed by anyone, including other classes,
functions and any other code.

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