PHP Method Resolution Order: Class · Trait · Parent · Interface PHP offers three different places to define a method: directly in a class, in a trait the class uses, and in a parent class it extends. Interfaces define contracts, the method signatures without a body, so they don’t contribute an implementation to the chain, […]
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Make everything private in your PHP classes It is a good recommendation to make everything private in a class : constants, methods, properties. With private, comes a tighter control on the element : no one from outside may use it, limiting the unwanted impact on the object. Of course, some of the class has to be accessible […]