note 46069 deleted from language.oop5.visibility by nlopess

Note Submitter: jaxn ---- Public - a public variable can be accessed directly by any user of the class. Protected - a protected variable or method cannot be accessed by users of the class but can be accessed inside a subclass that inherits from the class. Private - a private variable or method can only be accessed internally from the class in which it is defined. This means that a private variable or method cannot be called from a child that extends the class. *** Definitions taken from George Schlossnagle's "Advanced PHP Programming" book.