Re: private, protected, readonly, public

Bastian Grupe wrote:

Uhh... how about using private and only using a "regular" getter (the Java-style) and no setter? class xx {

      private $bar;

      public getBar() { return $bar; }

}

i think you're missing the point, the idea is to *not* have to write that extra getter line ... less typing *and* less error prone ... and easier to read, too IMHO You didn't want to return $bar in your example, you wanted to return $this->bar so you already ran into one of the issues here ;) -- Hartmut Holzgraefe, Senior Support Engineer . MySQL AB, www.mysql.com Are you certified? http://www.mysql.com/training/certification