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Question

I'm trying to put a 'global' value in a PHP controller, because I use it constantly in different functions, so, I've to send it a lot of times in the view, I saw that I can do a public variable like an attribute in Java. I have to declare the variable:

var $team="";// or public $team="";

How can I put, and get the value of the PHP attribute?

Answer 1

Class Example:

class MyClass
{
    private $_a;
    public $b;

    public function __construct()
    {
      // example of constructor
    }

    public function set($a)
    {
       $this->_a = $a;
    }

    public function get()
    {
       return $this->_a;
    }
}

Example of usage:

// usage construct class and invoke private function set();
$myExampleClass = new MyClass();
$myExampleClass->set('something');

// set public
$myExampleClass->b = "i set a public var";

It probably best to design your class with getters and setters so keeping your variables private, unless you have specific reasons. Here is a good reference for best practices and styleguide.

I hope this helps.