Yes, as Brian said, go with protected. If you need to change the value of the attribute from outside of the class then provide a public setter method to set a new value. This approach makes the control of the objects a lot easier to manage.
Best, Jeff -- Jeff Slutz JSLEUTH LLC 3242 44th ST APT 3F Astoria, NY 11103 c. 970.443.9390 j...@jeffslutz.com On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Brian O'Connor <gatzby...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can also use 'protected' to only allow sub-classes to access the > variable. > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Leam Hall <leamh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> And that would be to make the variables public. >> >> >> On 01/25/2013 07:34 PM, Leam Hall wrote: >> >>> Will do. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to override a variable >>> set in the parent class. >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/**mailman/listinfo/talk<http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk> >> >> http://www.nyphp.org/show-**participation<http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation> >> > > > > -- > Brian O'Connor > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation >
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