Consider below code please:
class foo {
function bar() {
$this->baz = 'hello there!';
}
}
$f = new foo;
$f->bar();
echo $f->baz; // hello there!
Why does above code work ? I mean I have not initialized the $baz
variable and also I am not using __get
and __set
magic methods. I was expecting it would give me error, but it seems the $baz
has been created and assigned public
visibility. (BTW it does give error in static context though)
Who told that you are not initialized,You have initialized by the statement $this->baz = 'hello there!';
This is how object oriented concept works.You are declaring a class , creating an instance for that class and then accessing that function and at last echoing a variable in that member function,This is how object orientation works...
It's because how PHP works. If you set uninitialized property, it will be created even without __set
. On the other hand, if you try to read uninitialized property, you end with warning.
By default it is set to public.
Refer to this link:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.visibility.php