Except where otherwise noted, the contents of this presentation are Copyright 2009 Marty Stepp and Jessica Miller.
# construct an object $name = new ClassName(parameters); # access an object's field (if the field is public) $name->fieldName # call an object's method $name->methodName(parameters);
$zip = new ZipArchive(); $zip->open("moviefiles.zip"); $zip->extractTo("images/"); $zip->close();
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# create an HTTP request to fetch student.php $req = new HttpRequest("student.php", HttpRequest::METH_GET); $params = array("first_name" => $fname, "last_name" => $lname); $req->addPostFields($params); # send request and examine result $req->send(); $http_result_code = $req->getResponseCode(); # 200 means OK print "$http_result_code\n"; print $req->getResponseBody();
HttpRequest
object can fetch a document from the webclass ClassName { # fields - data inside each object public $name; # public field private $name; # private field # constructor - initializes each object's state public function __construct(parameters) { statement(s); } # method - behavior of each object public function name(parameters) { statements; } }
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<?php class Point { public $x; public $y; # equivalent of a Java constructor public function __construct($x, $y) { $this->x = $x; $this->y = $y; } public function distance($p) { $dx = $this->x - $p->x; $dy = $this->y - $p->y; return sqrt($dx * $dx + $dy * $dy); } # equivalent of Java's toString method public function __toString() { return "(" . $this->x . ", " . $this->y . ")"; } } ?>
<?php # this code could go into a file named use_point.php include("Point.php"); $p1 = new Point(0, 0); $p2 = new Point(4, 3); print "Distance between $p1 and $p2 is " . $p1->distance($p2) . "\n\n"; var_dump($p2); # var_dump prints detailed state of an object ?>
Distance between (0, 0) and (4, 3) is 5 object(Point)[2] public 'x' => int 4 public 'y' => int 3
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objects
class ClassName extends ClassName { ... }
class Point3D extends Point { public $z; public function __construct($x, $y, $z) { parent::__construct($x, $y); $this->z = $z; } ... }
static $name = value; # declaring a static field const $name = value; # declaring a static constant
# declaring a static method
public static function name(parameters) {
statements;
}
ClassName::methodName(parameters); # calling a static method (outside the class) self::methodName(parameters); # calling a static method (within the class)
interface InterfaceName { public function name(parameters); public function name(parameters); ... } class ClassName implements InterfaceName { ...
abstract class ClassName { abstract public function name(parameters); ... }