The Protected Access Control Modifier
Learn about the protected access control modifier and its use in inheritance.
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Protected access modifier
The protected
modifier allows us to use code from both inside the class and from its child classes.
When we declare a property or a method as protected
, we can approach it from both the parent and the child classes.
Example
The first example demonstrates what happens when we declare the $model
property in the parent class as private
, then access it from its child class.
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