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    Herencia de Objetos

    La herencia es un principio de programación bien establecido y PHP hace uso de él en su modelado de objetos. Este principio afectará la manera en que muchas clases y objetos se relacionan unas con otras.

    Por ejemplo, cuando se extiende una clase, la subclase hereda todos los métodos públicos y protegidos de la clase padre. A menos que una clase sobrescriba esos métodos, mantendrán su funcionalidad original.

    Esto es útil para la definición y abstracción de la funcionalidad y permite la implementación de funcionalidad adicional en objetos similares sin la necesidad de reimplementar toda la funcionalidad compartida.

    Los métodos privados de una clase padre no son accesibles para una clase hija. Como resultado, las clases hijas pueden reimplementar un método privado sin tener en cuenta las reglas de herencia normales. Antes de PHP 8.0.0, sin embargo, se aplicaban las restricciones final y static a los métodos privados. A partir de PHP 8.0.0, la única restricción de métodos privados es private final que se aplica en el constructor de la clase, ya que es una forma común de "deshabilitar" el constructor cuando es usado en métodos estáticos de fábrica (Patrón Factory).

    La visibilidad de los métodos, propiedades y constantes pueden ser relajarse, por ejemplo, un méetodo protected puede marcase como public, pero no pueden restringirse, por ejemplo. marcando una propiedad public como private.

    Nota:

    A menos que la carga automática sea utilizada, entonces las clases deben ser definidas antes de ser usadas. Si una clase se extiende a otra, entonces la clase padre debe ser declarada antes de la estructura de clase hija. Esta regla se aplica a las clases que heredan de otras clases e interfaces.

    Nota:

    No está permitido sobrescribir una propiedad de lectura-escritura con una propiedad de sólo lectura o viceversa.

    <?php

    class A {
    public     int $prop;
    }
    class     B extends A {
    // Ilegal: lectura-escritura -> sólo lectura
    public readonly int $prop;
    }
    ?>

    Ejemplo #1 Inheritance Example

    <?php

    class Foo
    {
    public function     printItem($string)
    {
    echo     'Foo: ' . $string . PHP_EOL;
    }

    public function     printPHP()
    {
    echo     'PHP is great.' . PHP_EOL;
    }
    }

    class     bar extends Foo
    {
    public function     printItem($string)
    {
    echo     'Bar: ' . $string . PHP_EOL;
    }
    }

    $foo = new Foo();
    $bar = new Bar();
    $foo->printItem('baz'); // Salida: 'Foo: baz'
    $foo->printPHP(); // Salida: 'PHP is great'
    $bar->printItem('baz'); // Salida: 'Bar: baz'
    $bar->printPHP(); // Salida: 'PHP is great'

    ?>

    Return Type Compatibility with Internal Classes

    Prior to PHP 8.1, most internal classes or methods didn't declare their return types, and any return type was allowed when extending them.

    As of PHP 8.1.0, most internal methods started to "tentatively" declare their return type, in that case the return type of methods should be compatible with the parent being extended; otherwise, a deprecation notice is emitted. Note that lack of an explicit return declaration is also considered a signature mismatch, and thus results in the deprecation notice.

    If the return type cannot be declared for an overriding method due to PHP cross-version compatibility concerns, a #[ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute can be added to silence the deprecation notice.

    Ejemplo #2 The overriding method does not declare any return type

    <?php
    class MyDateTime extends DateTime
    {
    public function     modify(string $modifier) { return false; }
    }

    // "Deprecated: Return type of MyDateTime::modify(string $modifier) should either be compatible with DateTime::modify(string $modifier): DateTime|false, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice" as of PHP 8.1.0
    ?>

    Ejemplo #3 The overriding method declares a wrong return type

    <?php
    class MyDateTime extends DateTime
    {
    public function     modify(string $modifier): ?DateTime { return null; }
    }

    // "Deprecated: Return type of MyDateTime::modify(string $modifier): ?DateTime should either be compatible with DateTime::modify(string $modifier): DateTime|false, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice" as of PHP 8.1.0
    ?>

    Ejemplo #4 The overriding method declares a wrong return type without a deprecation notice

    <?php
    class MyDateTime extends DateTime
    {
    /**
    * @return DateTime|false
    */
    #[ReturnTypeWillChange]
    public function     modify(string $modifier) { return false; }
    }

    // No notice is triggered
    ?>

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    User Contributed Notes 6 notes

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    jackdracona at msn dot com
    14 years ago
    Here is some clarification about PHP inheritance – there is a lot of bad information on the net. PHP does support Multi-level inheritance. (I tested it using version 5.2.9). It does not support multiple inheritance.

    This means that you cannot have one class extend 2 other classes (see the extends keyword). However, you can have one class extend another, which extends another, and so on.

    Example:

    <?php
    class A {
    // more code here
    }

    class     B extends A {
    // more code here
    }

    class     C extends B {
    // more code here
    }


    $someObj = new A(); // no problems
    $someOtherObj = new B(); // no problems
    $lastObj = new C(); // still no problems

    ?>
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    103
    Mohammad Istanbouly
    7 years ago
    I think the best way for beginners to understand inheritance is through a real example so here is a simple example I can gave to you

    <?php

    class Person
    {
    public     $name;
    protected     $age;
    private     $phone;

    public function     talk(){
    //Do stuff here
    }

    protected function     walk(){
    //Do stuff here
    }

    private function     swim(){
    //Do stuff here
    }
    }

    class     Tom extends Person
    {
    /*Since Tom class extends Person class this means
    that class Tom is a child class and class person is
    the parent class and child class will inherit all public
    and protected members(properties and methods) from
    the parent class*/

    /*So class Tom will have these properties and methods*/

    //public $name;
    //protected $age;
    //public function talk(){}
    //protected function walk(){}

    //but it will not inherit the private members
    //this is all what Object inheritance means
    }
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    21
    akashwebdev at gmail dot com
    9 years ago
    The Idea that multiple inheritence is not supported is correct but with tratits this can be reviewed.

    for e.g.

    <?php
    trait custom
    {
    public function     hello()
    {
    echo     "hello";
    }
    }

    trait     custom2
    {
    public function     hello()
    {
    echo     "hello2";
    }
    }

    class     inheritsCustom
    {
    use     custom, custom2
    {
    custom2::hello insteadof custom;
    }
    }

    $obj = new inheritsCustom();
    $obj->hello();
    ?>
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    20
    strata_ranger at hotmail dot com
    14 years ago
    I was recently extending a PEAR class when I encountered a situation where I wanted to call a constructor two levels up the class hierarchy, ignoring the immediate parent. In such a case, you need to explicitly reference the class name using the :: operator.

    Fortunately, just like using the 'parent' keyword PHP correctly recognizes that you are calling the function from a protected context inside the object's class hierarchy.

    E.g:

    <?php
    class foo
    {
    public function     something()
    {
    echo     __CLASS__; // foo
    var_dump($this);
    }
    }

    class     foo_bar extends foo
    {
    public function     something()
    {
    echo     __CLASS__; // foo_bar
    var_dump($this);
    }
    }

    class     foo_bar_baz extends foo_bar
    {
    public function     something()
    {
    echo     __CLASS__; // foo_bar_baz
    var_dump($this);
    }

    public function     call()
    {
    echo     self::something(); // self
    echo parent::something(); // parent
    echo foo::something(); // grandparent
    }
    }

    error_reporting(-1);

    $obj = new foo_bar_baz();
    $obj->call();

    // Output similar to:
    // foo_bar_baz
    // object(foo_bar_baz)[1]
    // foo_bar
    // object(foo_bar_baz)[1]
    // foo
    // object(foo_bar_baz)[1]

    ?>
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    14
    jarrod at squarecrow dot com
    15 years ago
    You can force a class to be strictly an inheritable class by using the "abstract" keyword. When you define a class with abstract, any attempt to instantiate a separate instance of it will result in a fatal error. This is useful for situations like a base class where it would be inherited by multiple child classes yet you want to restrict the ability to instantiate it by itself.

    Example........

    <?php

    abstract class Cheese
    {
    //can ONLY be inherited by another class
    }

    class     Cheddar extends Cheese
    {
    }

    $dinner = new Cheese; //fatal error
    $lunch = new Cheddar; //works!

    ?>
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    -3
    Anonymous
    5 years ago
    PHP7 gives you a warning if you redeclare a function in a child class with different parameters. For example:

    class foo {
    function print($text='') {
    print text;
    }
    }

    class bar extends foo {
    function print($text1='',$text2='') {
    print text1.text2
    }
    }

    will give a PHP Warning: Declaration of bar::print($text1 = '', $text2 = '') should be compatible with foo::print($text= '').
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