PHP Weekender - PHP best practices

The issue: Prevent user from accessing private object values.


<?php
class ScopeModel {
    private $private;
    protected $protected;
    public $public = 'public';

    public function __construct() {
        // All properties can be accessed inside class
        $this->private = 'private';
        $this->protected = 'protected';
    }
}

$object = new ScopeModel();
echo $object->public, "\n";

// Would result in a fatal Error
// echo $object->private, "\n";
// echo $object->protected, "\n";
?>

Output

public

Protected properties and methods can not be accessed by inherited classes.