PHP Private variable access from child

Question

so I\'m trying to work out an issue I\'m having in designing PHP classes. I\'ve created a base class, and assigned private variables. I have child classes extending this bas

Answer 1

Should be like this:

base.class.php:

class Base {
    private $test;
    public function __construct() {
        echo $this->getTest();
    }
    public function getTest() {
        return $this->test;
    }
    protected function setTest($value) {
        $this->test = $value;
    }
}

sub.class.php:

class Sub extends Base {
    public function __construct() {
        parent::setTest('hello!');  // Or, $this->setTest('hello!');
        parent::__construct();
    }
}

main code:

require 'base.class.php';
require 'sub.class.php';

$sub = new Sub;  // Will print: hello!