Access Modifiers: Public vs Private
Explore how public and private access modifiers in PHP manage access to class properties and methods. Understand how to use getters and setters to safely interact with private properties, enhancing the security and encapsulation in your PHP object-oriented programs.
The public access modifier
The public access modifier allows code from both outside and inside the class to access the class’s methods and properties.
How to access a public property
In the following example, the class’s property and method are defined as public, so the ...