Re: Scope of variable in Class

Reuben D Budiardja writes: > Suppose I have a class: > > class Cart { > var $items; > > function add_item ($num) { > $this->items = $num; > } > } > > I can access (ie. print) $items by doing: > > $myCart = new Cart; > echo $myCart->items; > > My question: is there any way so that someone can NOT access $items? in > order words, make $items a PRIVATE variable for the class only? > > Thanks > Reuben D. Budiardja No. You could always just prefix 'private' variables with an underscore or something and tell users that anyone using '->_' unless it immediately follows a '$this' will be shot, but that's about it. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> Netmill iTech| |http://www.coastnet.com/~torben http://www.netmill.fi| |Ph: 1 250 383-9735 torben@netmill.fi| +----------------------------------------------------------------+