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The Idea: Creating Blueprints for Objects

Before you write any code, you should understand what you are trying to achieve. In object-oriented programming, you use classes as blueprints to create objects. For example, if you want to represent cars in your code, you can define a class called Car.

Below, you define a simple Car class and then create an object from it.

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// Define a simple Car class
class Car {
}

// Create an object of the Car class
$myCar = new Car();

// Output the object to show it exists
var_dump($myCar);

The class Car {} line defines a new class named Car. The line $myCar = new Car(); creates an object (an instance) of the Car class and assigns it to the variable $myCar. This is the basic way to define a class and create an object in PHP.

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The Idea: Creating Blueprints for Objects

Before you write any code, you should understand what you are trying to achieve. In object-oriented programming, you use classes as blueprints to create objects. For example, if you want to represent cars in your code, you can define a class called Car.

Below, you define a simple Car class and then create an object from it.

CarExample.php

CarExample.php

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<?php
// Define a simple Car class
class Car {
}

// Create an object of the Car class
$myCar = new Car();

// Output the object to show it exists
var_dump($myCar);

The class Car {} line defines a new class named Car. The line $myCar = new Car(); creates an object (an instance) of the Car class and assigns it to the variable $myCar. This is the basic way to define a class and create an object in PHP.

question mark

Which of the following statements about classes and objects in PHP are correct?

Select the correct answer

Everything was clear?

How can we improve it?

Thanks for your feedback!

SectionΒ 1. ChapterΒ 2
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