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Lesson 24 - ArrayAccess and cloning in PHP

PHP OOP ArrayAccess and cloning in PHP

In the previous exercise, Solved tasks for OOP in PHP lessons 22-23, we've practiced our knowledge from previous lessons.

In the previous tutorial, Solved tasks for OOP in PHP lessons 22-23, we learned how to work with date and time in an object-oriented way. Today, we're going to introduce you to the ArrayAccess interface as well as cloning.

ArrayAccess

As you all already know, this is how arrays are dealt with in PHP:

$array['key'] = 'value';

However, PHP offers us a way to use what is known as the indexer (the square brackets) in our classes. We can access instances as arrays or just access them like we usually do. The indexer is particularly useful when


 

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