PHP Design Patterns PHP OO Abstract Class Basics

//copyright Lawrence Truett and FluffyCat.com 2007, all rights reserved

  //this class "extends" OOPHPAbstractClass 

  include_once('OOPHPAbstractClass.php');
  
  class OOPHPClassToExtendAnAbstract extends OOPHPAbstractClass {

    private $instanceName;  
    
    //OOPHPAbstractClass has the abstract function getName,
    //  so we must implement it here. 
    public function getName() {
      return $this->instanceName;
    }  
    
    //OOPHPAbstractClass has the abstract function setName,
    //  so we must implement it here. 
    public function setName($nameIn) {
      $this->instanceName = $nameIn;
    }
  }

//copyright Lawrence Truett and FluffyCat.com 2007, all rights reserved

  //OOPHPAbstractClass - a simple OO PHP Abstract Class
  //  this defines two functions, getName() and setName($nameIn)
  //  which any class extending this must have
  
  abstract class OOPHPAbstractClass {  
    
    abstract public function getName();

    abstract public function setName($nameIn);
    
  }

//copyright Lawrence Truett and FluffyCat.com 2007, all rights reserved

  include_once('OOPHPClassToExtendAnAbstract.php');

  define('BR', '<'.'BR'.'>');

  echo 'BEGIN TESTING PHP ABSTRACT CLASSES'.BR;
  echo BR;
  
  echo 'test 1 - create a class which extends an abstract'.BR;
  $classOne = new OOPHPClassToExtendAnAbstract();
  echo BR;
  $classOne->setName("Harold");
  echo $classOne->getName();
  echo BR.BR;

  echo 'END TESTING PHP ABSTRACT CLASSES'.BR;

BEGIN TESTING PHP ABSTRACT CLASSES


test 1 - create a class which extends an abstract


Harold


END TESTING PHP ABSTRACT CLASSES