UFCEWT-20-3 : Advanced Topics in Web Development Lecture 7 : Object Oriented PHP (2)

Refactoring the Person/Student classes (1) : the Person Class (from last week) Person class: class Person { public $name; public $dob; public $gender; function __construct($n, $d, $g){ $this->name = $n; $this->dob = $d; $this->gender = $g; } function get_name(){ return $this->name; } public by default

(2) : the Student subclass class Student extends Person { public $programme; public $number; function __construct($n, $d, $g, $p, $no) { parent::__construct($n, $d, $g); $this->programme = $p; $this->number = $no; } (from last week) Student class: inheritance or sub-classing call parent method

Note on UML 2 notation: + public # protected – private // instantiate a student object $s $s = new Student ('Reuben', '1993/10/25', 'male', 'Systems Analysis', ' '); // invoke the get_name() method echo $s->get_name(); //filters up to parent Output: Reuben (3) : instantiate a Student object and call the get_name() method

(4) : add new get_age() method refactored Person class: date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London'); class Person { private $name, $dob, $gender; function __construct($n, $d, $g) { $this->name = $n; $this->dob = $d; $this->gender = $g; } public function __get($var) { return $this->$var; } public function get_age() { return floor((time() - strtotime($this->dob))/ ); } calculates current age

(5) : using the “magic” __get() method include_once('Person_Class.php'); class Student extends Person { private $programme; private $number; public function __construct($n, $d, $g, $p, $no) { parent::__construct($n, $d, $g); $this->programme = $p; $this->number = $no; } public function __get($var) { if (preg_match('/name|dob|gender/', $var)) { return parent::__get($var); } return $this->$var; } overrides parents __get

public function __get($var) { if (preg_match('/name|dob|gender/', $var)) { return parent::__get($var); } return $this->$var; } !! Code smell alert : principle of loose coupling broken Why?

Correcting a dud example – the refactored Student class include_once('Person_Class.php'); class Student extends Person { private $programme; private $number; public function __construct($n, $d, $g, $p, $no) { parent::__construct($n, $d, $g); $this->programme = $p; $this->number = $no; } public function __get($var) { if (preg_match('/programme|number/', $var)) { return $this->$var; } else { return parent::__get($var); } corrected

(6) : the Lecturer class Lecturer class: include_once('Person_Class.php'); class Lecturer extends Person { private $modules=array(); private $room; function __construct($n, $d, $g, $m, $r) { parent::__construct($n, $d, $g); $this->modules = $m; $this->room = $r; } public function __get($var) { if (preg_match('/moduules|room/', $var)) { return $this->$var; } else { return parent::__get($var); }

<?php include('Student_Class.php'); include('Lecturer_Class.php'); // instantiate a student object $s $s = new Student ('Reuben', '1993/07/25','male','Systems Analysis', ' '); //invoke the __get() method echo $s->name; echo ' is doing '.$s->programme; echo ' and is '.$s->get_age().' years old '; // instantiate a new Lecturer $l = new Lecturer('Prakash', '1960/09/01','man', array('Web Programming','ISD','PEPI'), '3P16'); // echo name and each array element followed by an & (unless last element) echo $l->name.' teaches '; foreach($l->modules as $module) { echo $module; if (!(end($l->modules)==$module)) {echo ' & ';} } ?> (7) : Testing the Student & Lecturer classes run script

Controlling access with private, protected and public -php uses access modifiers to control the visibility of attributes and methods (functions) - these modifiers are placed in front of attributes and methods -the default option is public - that is, if no modifier is stated - it is assumed to be public - these can be accessed from inside or outside the class -the private access modifier can only be accessed from inside the class - if, for instance a method is a utility function and only to be used inside the class - private attributes & methods cannot be inherited -the protected access modifier means that the marked item can be accessed from inside the class but also exists in any inherited classes - protected is kind of half way between public and private

class methods, variables & constants o class methods are not run on specific a object instance – they have class only scope o from outside they have to be called using the class name o the keyword for class methods and variables is static o inside the class the qualifier self:: is used; o outside the class the qualifier Classname:: is used example static variable & method: class StaticExample { static public $aNum = 0; static public function sayHello() { echo 'hello'; } // from inside the class echo self::$aNum; self::sayHello(); } // from outside echo StaticExample::$aNum; StaticExample::sayHello();

class method & variable example (2): static variable class StaticExample { static public $aNum = 0; static public function sayHello() { self::$aNum++; echo 'hello ('.self::$aNum.') '; } test_static.php include ('StaticExample.php'); StaticExample::sayHello(); Output? run scriptrun script no need to instantiate the class

class method & constant class constants : o cannot be changed (hence ‘constant’) o they are always public o some restrictions on what they can hold (no objects for instance) o declared using the const keyword o not allowed to be defined inside methods example : class HowLong { // speed of light (meters per second) const C = ; // average distance from the earth to the sun (meters) const D = ; // method to calculate how long light takes to // get from the sun to the earth in minutes function minToEarth() { echo (self::D/self::C)/60; } HowLong::minToEarth(); run script

“final” classes and methods o inheritance is powerful and flexible allowing for sub-classing (specialisation) or overriding methods so that call to a client method will achive radically different results (see our Shape class example from last week) o sometimes though, we require a class or method to remain unchanging – to stop inheritance or overriding o The keyword final puts a stop to inheritance and does not allow methods to be overridden (i.e. you can instantiate a class with a final method but you can’t override that method) example: final class Checkout {}; // try to inherit class IllegalCheckout extends Checkout { }; Output: Fatal error: Class IllegalCheckout may not inherit from final class (Checkout) in C:\xampp\htdocs\php\illegal.php on line 5

Abstract Methods & Classes OO programs are built around class hierarches PHP supports single inheritance – so class hierarchies can be visualised as trees a root class has one or more classes that descend from it, with one or more classes derived from them abstract methods are methods that behave like placeholders for regular methods in derived classes but unlike regular class methods they do not contain any code they bind any derived (extended) classes to a contract to implement the methods defined

Abstract Methods & Classes (continued) hence – abstract classes define common functionality the base classes must implement abstract classes are best thought of as a template for derived classes abstract classes cannot be directly instantiated i.e. you cannot create objects from them using the new keyword – they must be extended by concrete classes which can then be instantiated if a class contains an abstract method – it must be declared as abstract abstract classes can also contain concrete methods any method that is declared abstract, when implemented, must contain the same or weaker access level an abstract class can be extended without implementing all of its methods if the extended class is declared as abstract too – useful for creating hierarchies of objects

Abstract Shape class example (again) // Define abstract class with one abstract method abstract class Shape { public abstract function area(); }

class Circle extends Shape { private $radius; public function __construct($r) { $this->radius = $r; } public function area() { return $this->radius * $this->radius * pi(); } class Rectangle extends Shape { private $length; private $width; public function __construct($l, $w) { $this->length = $l; $this->width = $w; } public function area() { return $this->length * $this->width; } Two concrete classes that extend the Shape class must implement contract

$c = new Circle(22); echo "Area of the circle: ". $c->area(). " "; $r = new Rectangle(5, 7); echo "Area of the rectangle: ". $r->area(). " "; Instantiate two objects (Circle, Rectangle) and use their area() method run script view code

Abstract Car, FastCar & Street classes example the Car and FastCar classes: abstract class Car { abstract function getMaximumSpeed(); } class FastCar extends Car { function getMaximumSpeed() { return 150; }

Abstract Car, FastCar & Street classes example (2) the Street class: class Street { protected $speedLimit; protected $cars; public function __construct($speedLimit = 200) { $this->cars = array(); //Initialize the variable $this->speedLimit = $speedLimit; } protected function isStreetLegal($car) { if($car->getMaximumSpeed() speedLimit) { return true; } else { return false; } public function addCar($car) { if($this->isStreetLegal($car)) { echo 'The Car was allowed on the road.'; $this->cars[] = $car; } else { echo 'The Car is too fast and was not allowed on the road.'; }

Instantiate Street & FastCar objects and add car to cars[] array if legal (i.e. under 200) $street = new Street(); $street->addCar(new FastCar()); run scriptview code

Emulating multiple inheritance with interfaces whilst abstract classes can have concrete methods (i.e. provide a measure of implementation) - interfaces are pure templates; hence an interface can only define functionality but can never implement it; interfaces offer a way of inheriting from a single parent while sharing an extra set of common features that don’t necessarily apply to all child classes; any class that that incorporates an interface is committed to a contract to implement all the methods defined in the interface; all methods declared in an interface are public; it’s possible for interfaces to have constants but not instance variables. Interface constants work exactly like class constants except they cannot be overridden by a class/interface that inherits it;

Emulating multiple inheritance with interfaces (example) class Vehicle { private $name, $model; function __construct($make, $model) { $this->make = $make; $this->model = $model; } function __get($value) { return $this->$value; } interface TestDrive_Interface { function drive($to, $from); } class Bike extends Vehicle {} class Car extends Vehicle implements TestDrive_Interface { function drive($to='there', $from='here') { $this->to = $to; $this->from = $from; return "from $this->from to $this->to"; } $bike = new Bike('Raleigh', 'Chopper'); echo $bike->make.' '.$bike->model.' '; $car = new Car('Lotus', 'Esprit'); echo $car->drive('Swindon', 'Bristol'); run script

autoloading classes in php4 classes had to loaded with the include or require keywords in php5 classes can be loaded dynamically and on a need to use basis by using a “magic” method (or interceptor function) called __autoload example: function __autoload($className) { include_once($className.'_Class.php'); } //we have a class called Person_Class.php hence $person = new Person('Reuben', '1993/07/25','male'); // will work; hence echo $person->name; //is fine run script