Variables and inheritance.

[Simon_Hartley]

I'm trying to use the values of variables set in a parent class to set the value of a variable in an inherited class.

The following code won't run. Any tips?

class name {

public $name   ;
public $surname; 

function name(){
$this->name    = 'Bob';
$this->surname = 'Smith';
}
}

class surname extends name {

public $fullname;

function surname(){
$this->fullname = $this->$name.$this->surname;

echo $this->fullname;

}
}

$test = new surname;

[NogDog]

You have an extraneous "$" in this line:

$this->fullname = $this->$name.[color=red]$[/color]this->surname;

Also, a parent class's constructor is not automatically executed unless the child calls it:

class surname extends name {

public $fullname;

function surname() {
    parent::name();
    $this->fullname = $this->name.$this->surname;

    echo $this->fullname;

}
}

[Simon_Hartley]

Thankyou. 🙂

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