[UPHPU] Accessing a Parent Object's Other Variables

[Justin Carmony]

Probably the easiest example to show for HAS-A relationship instead of 
the inheritance "IS-A" is if we just change a few of the variable names 
in the original example.

<?php

Class Person {

    var $name = 'Justin';

    var $pet;

 

    function  __construct() {

        $this->pet = new Dog($this);

    }

    function PlayWithPet()
    {
	echo "Lets play ".$this->pet->name."\n\r";
    }
}

 

Class Dog {

    var $name = 'Fido';
    var $owner;

    function __construct($owner) {

        $this->owner = $owner;

    }

    function LickOwner()
    {
	echo "*".$this->name." licks ".$this->owner->name."'s face!*";
    }

}

 

$person = new Person();

$pet = $person->pet;

echo $person->name." has a pet named ".$pet->name."\n\r";
$person->PlayWithPet();
$pet->LickOwner();

/* OUTPUT:

Justin has a pet named Fido

Lets play Fido

*Fido licks Justin's face!*


*/

?>

A dog isn't a person, and a person isn't a dog. Yet their owner/pet relationship is important and its good to have a reference between the two.

Justin Carmony



Richard K Miller wrote:
> Here's an article on it, from one of the Gang of Four:
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> http://www.artima.com/lejava/articles/designprinciples4.html
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> Richard
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> On Jun 23, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Kirk Cerny wrote:
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>> I would still not write it this way, but good point Alvaro.
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>> Kirk Cerny
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