Re: php 5 classes: public, protected and private



You should read "can be accessed everywhere".

Private members can be accessed by members of the class only.
Protected members can be accessed by members of the class or a derived
class.
Public members can be accessed by anyone, including other classes,
functions and any other code.


Thanks Jerry. I'm trying to make a bit of sense of the php 5 approach
to classes, and so far having a hard time. I fail to see the 'why'
behind the 'public, protected and private' and stuff like abstraction,
interfaces and whatnot. Feels like things are being over-complicated
somehow... or it's just my being inexperienced on this...

Any other reading material on this suggested, someone?

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