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PHP Extending Object-Oriented PHP Inheritance Extend a Class

Jonas Timas
Jonas Timas
10,894 Points
Posted by Jonas Timas
Jonas Timas
10,894 Points

What is wrong with my code?

What is wrong with my code?

User.php 
<?php
//do not modify this file
class User {
    protected $name;
    protected $title;

    public function __construct($name = null, $title = null) {
        $this->name = $name;
        $this->title = $title;
    }

    public function __toString() {
        return $this->getSalutation();
    }

    public function getSalutation() {
        return $this->title . " " . $this->name;
    }

    public function getName() {
        return $this->name;
    }

    public function setName($name) {
        $this->name = $name;
    }

    public function getTitle() {
        return $this->title;
    }

    public function setTitle($title) {
        $this->title = $title;
    }
}
Developer.php 
<?php

//add new child class here
class Developer extends User 
{
  protected $skills[];

  public function getSkills(){
    return $this->skills[];
  }
  public function setSkills($skill){
    $this->skills[] = $skill;  
  }
}

1 Answer

Dekel Zoaretz
Dekel Zoaretz
14,864 Points
Dekel Zoaretz
Dekel Zoaretz
14,864 Points 
<?php

//add new child class here
class Developer extends User 
{
  protected $skills = array();

  public function getSkills(){
    return $this->skills;
  }
  public function setSkills($skill){
    $this->skills = $skill;  
  }
  public function displayUserSkills(){
    $name = parent::getName();
    $userSkills = implode(', ', $this->skills);
    return "$name has the following skills: $userSkills";
  }

}