OO PHP - 子类不继承父方法和属性

Question

I have a very simple OO class structure and cannot get my head around why the child class is not inheriting the properties and methods from the parent.

This is a basic example of my set up:

//Main class:
class Main{

    //construct
    public function Main(){
        //get data from model
        $data = $model->getData();

        //Get the view
        $view = new View();

        //Init view
        $view->init( $data );

        //Get html
        $view->getHTML();
    }

}


//Parent View class
class View{

    public $data, $img_cache; 

    public function init( $data ){       
        $this->data = $data;
        $this->img_cache = new ImageCache();
    }

    public function getHTML(){

        //At this point all data is intact (data, img_cache)

        $view = new ChildView();

        //After getting reference to child class all data is null
        //I expected it to return a reference to the child class and be able to 
        //call the parent methods and properties using this object. 

        return $view->html();
    }

}


//Child View Class
class ChildView{

    public function html(){

        //I get a fatal error here: calling img_cache on a non-object.
        //But it should have inherited this from the parent class surely?

        return '<img src="'.$this->img_cache->thumb($this->data['img-src']).'"/>';       
    }
}

So I expected the child class to inherit the properties and methods from the parent. Then when I get a reference to the child class it should be able to use the img_cache object. But I get a fatal error here: Call to a member function thumb() on a non-object.

Where have I gone wrong with this?

Answer 1

You need to specify the inheritance with extends the base class http://php.net/manual/en/keyword.extends.php

Try this for your child class

//Child View Class
class ChildView extends View{

    public function html(){

        //I get a fatal error here: calling img_cache on a non-object.
        //But it should have inherited this from the parent class surely?

        return '<img src="'.$this->img_cache->thumb($this->data['img-src']).'"/>';       
    }
}

Also as @ferdynator says, you are instantiating the parent, not the child, so your Main class also needs to be changed to instantiate ChildView, not the parent View

//Main class:
class Main{

    //construct
    public function Main(){
        //get data from model
        $data = $model->getData();

        //Get the view
        $view = new ChildView();

        //Init view
        $view->init( $data );

        //Get html
        $view->getHTML();
    }

}