PHP abstract properties

Question

Is there any way to define abstract class properties in PHP?

abstract class Foo_Abstract {
    abstract public $tablename;
}

class Foo extends Foo_Abstract          


        

Answer 1

PHP 7 makes it quite a bit easier for making abstract "properties". Just as above, you will make them by creating abstract functions, but with PHP 7 you can define the return type for that function, which makes things a lot easier when you're building a base class that anyone can extend.

FooProp();
  }

  public function bar() {
    return $this->BarProp()->name();
  }

}

class BarClass {

  public function name() {
    return 'Bar!';
  }

}

class FooClass extends FooBase {

  public function FooProp(): string {
    return 'Foo!';
  }

  public function BarProp(): BarClass {
    // This would not work:
    // return 'not working';
    // But this will!
    return new BarClass();
  }

}

$test = new FooClass();
echo $test->foo() . PHP_EOL;
echo $test->bar() . PHP_EOL;