Inheritance PHP Class

Question

Is there a way to inherit a class and set all methods to protected or private?

I reffer to C++ inheritance type:

class A {
   public: void Hello(){ /* prints a hello world */ }
};

class B : protected A {
};

In this case, the public methods would inherit as protected.

If I change protected to private, the public and protected methods would inherit as private.

My question is: Is it possible to do that in PHP?

Nope, you can't specify an inheritance access modifier in PHP. — nickb
– nickb, Commented May 1, 2013 at 2:05

Sazzadur Rahaman · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-01 03:32:46Z

1

No, you can not use inheritance access modifiers in PHP (PHP does not have the functionality).

The general concept of Access modifier is newly incorporated in PHP with PHP 5. PHP 4 does not have access modifiers. Access modifiers in PHP, is used more likely for decorating classes, so that the class composition, look like more object oriented in style. In C++, access modifiers make sense, where they are enforceable. In scripting languages like php, they can easily be ripped out by using reflection.

answered May 1, 2013 at 3:32

Sazzadur Rahaman

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