I'm new to Laravel and I noticed some are similar to Java, some aren't. I guess it's because it uses OOP style.
I'm following a video tutorial for beginners and came across the protected modifier (if I'm correct).
I originally learned programming in Java. Below are three php file definitions.
Does the protected $fillable in the Product class act like a constructor in Java which requires you to supply values before you can create an instance of the class? (in this case, Product Class)
ProductTableSeeder.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
class ProductTableSeeder extends Seeder
{
/**
* Run the database seeds.
*
* @return void
*/
public function run()
{
$product = new \App\Product([
'imagePath' => 'someImagePathURL',
'title' => 'Harry Potter',
'description' => 'Super cool - at least as a child.',
'price' => 10
]);
$product->save();
}
}
Product.php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Product extends Model
{
protected $fillable = ['imagePath','title','description','price'];
}
create_products_table.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
class CreateProductsTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* @return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::create('products', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->timestamps();
$table->string('imagePath');
$table->string('title');
$table->text('description');
$table->integer('price');
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* @return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('products');
}
}
The line $product = new \App\Product I understand to be the instantiation part.
I'd appreciate any useful explanation to this.
Thank you.
