Chapter 4 - OOP
| Abstraction | Procedural Term | OOP Term |
|---|---|---|
| noun | variable | property or attribute. These must be declared as private public or protected and if initialized, must be given a static value (not expression based). They appear in new instances of the object without the var symbol($). The $this variable in a class always refers to the current instance (i.e., the object involved) of that class. |
| verb | function | method |
| a group of abstracted things and actions | No direct correlate - one could argue an include file often performs this role - but not in a defined or heirarchical manner. | class |
| constructor: a special method using the convention syntax __contructor(){}, that will define things that should always be done upon a new instance of an object. |
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