class MyFirstClass
{
public $property1 = "I am the first property! Woohoo";
public function __construct($instance)
{
echo "I am getting called for object: " . $instance;
}
public function set_property1($property1)
{
$this->property1 = $property1;
}
private function get_property1()
{
return $this->property1;
}
}
class MyOtherClass extends MyFirstClass
{
public function new_method()
{
echo "new method inside extended class.";
// I can still call the protected method from child classes
$current_property = $this->get_property1();
return $current_property;
}
}
$obj1 = new MyFirstClass('instance of MyFirstClass');
$obj2 = new MyOtherClass('instance of child class');
// the protected access modifier makes the property or method unavailable to any object instance.
echo $obj2->new_method();
// This will actually work!
